justiceiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From justiça +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾu/ [ʒus.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃ.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾu/ [ʒuʃ.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾo/ [ʒus.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃ.tiˈsɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃ.tiˈsej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃ.tiˈsej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃ.tiˈse.ɾu/

Noun

justiceiro m (plural justiceiros, feminine justiceira, feminine plural justiceiras)

vigilante (person who undertakes law enforcement without legal authority)

Adjective

justiceiro (feminine justiceira, masculine plural justiceiros, feminine plural justiceiras)

(relational) vigilante

Further reading

“justiceiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026