clavineiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From clavina (“carbine”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kla.viˈne(j).ɾu/ [kla.viˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kla.viˈne(j).ɾo/ [kla.viˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.viˈnɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.biˈnej.ɾu/ [klɐ.βiˈnej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.viˈnej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.viˈne.ɾu/

Hyphenation: cla‧vi‧nei‧ro

Noun

clavineiro m (plural clavineiros)

(military, informal) carabineer
Synonym: carabineiro

Further reading

“clavineiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025