caceteiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From cacete +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.seˈte(j).ɾu/ [ka.seˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.seˈte(j).ɾo/ [ka.seˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈte.ɾu/

Hyphenation: ca‧ce‧tei‧ro

Noun

caceteiro m (plural caceteiros, feminine caceteira, feminine plural caceteiras)

individual armed with a cacete (weapon similar to a bat or stick)
Synonyms: brigão, cachaporreiro, cachamorreiro, porreteiro
armed man serving as bodyguard to someone else: thug, hoodlum
Synonyms: capanga, jagunço
bully
Synonym: valentão
(soccer) player who commits serious fouls
Synonym: sarrafeiro

Further reading

“caceteiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“caceteiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026