caboclo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo.

Noun

caboclo (plural caboclos)

1. A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.
   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 138:

     Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• caboco

Etymology

From Old Tupi kuriboka.^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbo.klu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbo.klu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbo.klo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈbo.klu/ [kɐˈβo.klu]

• Hyphenation: ca‧bo‧clo

Adjective

caboclo (feminine cabocla, masculine plural caboclos, feminine plural caboclas)

1. (Brazil) copper-coloured

Noun

caboclo m (plural caboclos, feminine cabocla, feminine plural caboclas)

1. (Brazil) caboclo (person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry)

   Hypernym: pardo

   Coordinate term: cafuzo

References

1. Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013

Further reading

• caboclo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt