casamenteiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From casamento +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.zɐ.mẽˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.zɐ.mẽˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.zɐ.mẽˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.zɐ.mẽˈte.ɾu/

Noun

casamenteiro m (plural casamenteiros, feminine casamenteira, feminine plural casamenteiras)

matchmaker (someone who finds suitable marriage partners for other people)

Further reading

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