funileiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From funil +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.niˈlɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.niˈlej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.niˈlej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.niˈle.ɾu/

Hyphenation: fu‧ni‧lei‧ro

Noun

funileiro m (plural funileiros, feminine funileira, feminine plural funileiras)

tinsmith (person who makes or repairs things with tin or other cheap metals)

Further reading

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