ponteiro
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom ponto (“point”) + -eiro (“-er”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ejɾu
- Hyphenation: pon‧tei‧ro
Noun
editponteiro m (plural ponteiros)
- pointer
- masonry chisel with a pointy tip
- (Brazil, sports) winger (offensive player who plays on either side of the center)
- (music) plectrum (object to pluck strings of a musical instrument)
- (music) chanter (pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played)
- (figuratively) one who gives bad advice
- (Brazil) peon who goes in front of livestock
- (Brazil) gambler
- Synonym: apostador
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “masonry chisel with a pointy tip”): talhadeira
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editCategories:
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Programming
- pt:Computing
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Sports
- pt:Musical instruments
- pt:Tools