cativeiro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From cativo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈve(j).ɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈve(j).ɾo/
 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧vei‧ro

Noun

cativeiro m (plural cativeiros)

  1. captivity (state of being captive)
    • 1838, chapter XI, in Caetano Lopes de Moura, transl., O Misantropo, ou o Anão das pedras negras, Paris: J. P. Aillaud, translation of The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott, pages 194–195:
      Forçoso é que retrogrademos, a fim de darmos conta das circumstancias que havião posto em cativeiro a miss Isabel Vera, cativeiro de que foi inopinadamente libertada no assalto que Earnscliff, Hobby e seus companheiros derão á torre de Westburnflat.
  2. prison (place where one is held captive)
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