gângster

See also: gangster, Gangster, gángster, and Gängster

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gangster

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos

Proto-Germanic *gangaz

Proto-West Germanic *gang

Old English gang

Middle English gang

English gang

Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā

Old English -estre

Middle English -estere

English -ster

English gangsterbor.

Portuguese gângster

Borrowed from English gangster.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃ɡs.teʁ/ [ˈɡɐ̃ɡs.teh], /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teʁ/ [ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃ɡs.teʁ/ [ˈɡɐ̃ɡs.teh], /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teʁ/ [ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃ɡs.teɾ/, /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃ɡʃ.teʁ/ [ˈɡɐ̃ɡʃ.teχ], /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teʁ/ [ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃ɡs.teɻ/, /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡis.teɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃ɡʃ.tɛɾ/

• Hyphenation: gângs‧ter

Noun

gângster m or f by sense (plural gângsters or (less common) gângsteres)

1. gangster (member of a street gang)

Related terms

• gangue

Further reading

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