rameira

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ramera.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ejɾɐ

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈme(j).ɾɐ/ [haˈme(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈme(j).ɾɐ/ [χaˈme(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈme(j).ɾa/ [haˈme(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈmɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈmej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈmej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈme.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: ra‧mei‧ra

Noun

rameira f (plural rameiras)

whore; hooker; prostitute
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

Further reading

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