malandro
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾu
- Hyphenation: ma‧lan‧dro
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from malandrino.
Adjective edit
malandro (feminine malandra, masculine plural malandros, feminine plural malandras)
Noun edit
malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)
- scoundrel, crook, rascal
- lazy, someone who takes advantage of others instead of working in order to get by
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “malandro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “malandro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
malandro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from malandrino.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)
- (colloquial, Venezuela) young delinquent
- Synonyms: delincuente, (Chile) maleado
- (colloquial, Uruguay, masculine only) delinquent
- (colloquial, Mexico) young thug
Descendants edit
- → English: malandro
Further reading edit
- “malandro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014