caboclo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo.
Noun[edit]
caboclo (plural caboclos)
- A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.
- 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 138:
- Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧bo‧clo
Adjective[edit]
caboclo (feminine cabocla, masculine plural caboclos, feminine plural caboclas)
Noun[edit]
caboclo m (plural caboclos, feminine cabocla, feminine plural caboclas)
References[edit]
- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013
Further reading[edit]
- caboclo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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