doleiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese doleiro, from dólar (“dollar”).

Noun

doleiro (plural doleiros)

1. A money changer on the Brazilian black market.
   • 2015 August 7, David Segal, “Petrobras Oil Scandal Leaves Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The doleiros, among them Mr. Youssef, would keep a cut, spreading the bulk around to politicians and accomplices.

Anagrams

• doloire

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *dalą

Proto-West Germanic *dal

Old High German tal

Middle High German tal

German Tal

German Talerder.

Middle Low German dālerbor.

Dutch dalerbor.

English dollarbor.

Portuguese dólar

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese doleiro

From dólar + -eiro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈle(j).ɾu/ [doˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɔˈlɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɔˈlɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɔˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɔˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɔˈle.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: do‧lei‧ro

Noun

doleiro m (plural doleiros)

1. doleiro (money changer on the Brazilian black market)

Further reading

• doleiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “doleiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “doleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026