prisioneiro
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom French prisonnier (“prisoner”), from prison (“prison”), from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiō (“seizing”), from prehendō (“to seize”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editprisioneiro m (plural prisioneiros, feminine prisioneira, feminine plural prisioneiras)
- prisoner (person incarcerated in a prison)
- (figuratively) prisoner (any person held against his or her will)
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
edit- “prisioneiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “prisioneiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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- Portuguese terms derived from French
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- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/eɾu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eɾu/5 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu/5 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjɾu
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- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- pt:Crime prevention
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