zagueiro
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom zaga (“defense (sports); rear (military)”) + -eiro (“-eer”), from Spanish zaga (“defense”), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: za‧guei‧ro
Noun
editzagueiro m (plural zagueiros, feminine zagueira, feminine plural zagueiras)
- (Brazil, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)
- Synonyms: (Brazil, dated) beque, (Portugal) central, (Portugal) defesa central
- Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:futebolista
Related terms
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- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- Portuguese terms derived from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Football (soccer)