meliante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish maleante.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧li‧an‧te
Noun edit
meliante m or f by sense (plural meliantes)
- delinquent, criminal, outlaw
- Synonyms: delinquente, bandido, criminoso
- layabout (someone who does not work)
- Synonym: vagabundo
- (figuratively) a despicable, shameless person