seringueiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From seringa +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾu/ [se.ɾĩˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾo/ [se.ɾĩˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡe.ɾu/

Noun

seringueiro m (plural seringueiros, feminine seringueira, feminine plural seringueiras)

1. (Brazil) rubber tapper (typically, in the Amazon basin)

   Synonym: borracheiro

Further reading

• “seringueiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “seringueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025