Masculine
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barbeiro

Meaning

  1. (masculine) barber (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
  2. (colloquial, masculine, metonymically) barbershop (place of business of a barber)
  3. (Brazil, masculine) kissing bug (any haematophagous bug in the subfamily Triatominae)
  4. (Brazil, derogatory, masculine, slang) road hog (bad or inconsiderate driver)

Synonyms

Cabeleireiro

Cabeleireiros

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baʁˈbe(j).ɾu/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Italic *farβā Latin barba Old Galician-Portuguese barba Latin -ārius Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro Old Galician-Portuguese barbeiro Portuguese barbeiro Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barbeiro, from barba + -eiro. Cognate with Galician barbeiro.

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