From padiola (“stretcher”) + -eiro.
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.d͡ʒi.oˈle(j).ɾu/ [pa.d͡ʒɪ.oˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /pa.d͡ʒjoˈle(j).ɾu/ [pa.d͡ʒjoˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.d͡ʒi.oˈle(j).ɾu/ [pa.d͡ʒɪ.oˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /pa.d͡ʒjoˈle(j).ɾu/ [pa.d͡ʒjoˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.d͡ʒi.oˈle(j).ɾo/ [pa.d͡ʒɪ.oˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /pa.d͡ʒjoˈle(j).ɾo/ [pa.d͡ʒjoˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- Hyphenation: pa‧di‧o‧lei‧ro
padioleiro m (plural padioleiros)
- stretcher-bearer: one of a pair of soldiers who carry the injured out of the battlefield on a stretcher