carabineiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From carabina (“carbine”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾa.biˈne(j).ɾu/ [ka.ɾa.biˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾa.biˈne(j).ɾo/ [ka.ɾa.biˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ.biˈnɐj.ɾu/ [kɐ.ɾɐ.βiˈnɐj.ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ.biˈnej.ɾu/ [kɐ.ɾɐ.βiˈnej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ.biˈnej.ɾu/ [kɐ.ɾɐ.βiˈnej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ.biˈne.ɾu/ [kɐ.ɾɐ.βiˈne.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧bi‧nei‧ro
Noun
carabineiro m (plural carabineiros)
- (military) carabineer
- Synonym: clavineiro
Further reading
- “carabineiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025