cangaceiro
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese cangaceiro.
Noun
[edit]cangaceiro (plural cangaceiros)
- (now chiefly historical) A type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil.
- 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 68:
- Cangaceiros and flying brigades alike ate up the provisions of the townspeople of Custódia, got drunk on their cane brandy, and tried to rape their women.
- 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 58:
- Dry Gulch looks like a cangaceiro with his leather hat and crossed cartridge belts.
- 2010, Darlene J. Sadlier, Brazil Imagined, page 260:
- That night Deraldo has a dream in which, dressed as a cangaceiro, he stands on a street corner and challenges passersby, who point and laugh at him.
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]cangaceiro m (plural cangaceiros, feminine cangaceira, feminine plural cangaceiras)
- (Brazil, historical) a type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil
References
[edit]- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2019 January 5 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 July 2019
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