proxeneta

See also: proxenêta

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin proxenēta, from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuk.səˈnɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pɾok.seˈne.ta]

Noun

proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetes)

1. pimp

   Synonyms: alcavot, rufià

Derived terms

• proxenetisme

Further reading

• “proxeneta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• proxenêta (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French proxénète, from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ʃeˈne.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ʃeˈne.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ʃeˈne.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɔ.ʃɨˈne.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pro‧xe‧ne‧ta

Noun

proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetas)

1. pimp (prostitution solicitor)

   Synonyms: gigolô, (Brazil) cafetão, (Portugal) chulo

   • 2003, “Máquina da Verdade – Programa do Urso” (02:38 from the start), in Miryam Rahme, director, Hermes e Renato‎^[1], season 5, episode 13, spoken by Urso (Felipe Torres), São Paulo, via MTV Brasil:

     É verdade que antes de ser famoso você era proxeneta do teu pai e sevandija da tua mãe?

     Is it true that before you were famous you were your father's pimp and your mother's freeloader?

Related terms

• proxenético
• proxenetismo
• proxenia
• próxeno

 

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately a borrowing from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).

Noun

proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetas)

1. pimp (prostitution solicitor)

   Synonyms: alcahuete, cabrón, cafiche, chulo, rufián

Further reading

• “proxeneta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014