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malandro

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾu
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lan‧dro

Etymology 1

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Back-formation of malandrino.

Adjective

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malandro (feminine malandra, masculine plural malandros, feminine plural malandras)

  1. mischievous, naughty
  2. deceitful, treacherous

Noun

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malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

  1. scoundrel, crook, rascal
  2. lazy, someone who takes advantage of others instead of working in order to get by
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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malandro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malandrar

Spanish

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Etymology

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Back-formation of malandrino.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈlandɾo/ [maˈlãn̪.d̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -andɾo
  • Syllabification: ma‧lan‧dro

Noun

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malandro m (plural malandros)

  1. (colloquial, Chile) delinquent

malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

  1. (colloquial, Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Andes, Uruguay, obsolete in Argentina) delinquent
    Synonyms: delincuente, (Chile) maleado

Noun

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malandro (feminine malandra, masculine plural malandros, feminine plural malandras)

  1. (colloquial, Paraguay, Peru) delinquent

Descendants

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  • English: malandro

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