rafeiro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ejɾu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈfe(j).ɾu/ [haˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈfe(j).ɾu/ [haˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈfe(j).ɾu/ [χaˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈfe(j).ɾo/ [haˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈfɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈfɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈfej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈfej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈfe.ɾu/

Adjective

rafeiro (feminine rafeira, masculine plural rafeiros, feminine plural rafeiras)

1. (Portugal, of a domestic animal) mongrel (of mixed breed)

   Synonym: vira-lata

Derived terms

• rafeirice

Further reading

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