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Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caaveira, from Vulgar Latin *calavaria, from Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvária.
Cognate with Galician caveira, Spanish and Catalan calavera.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ejrɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ, (j-dropping) -erɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧vei‧ra
Noun
caveira f (plural caveiras)
- (informal) skull
- Synonym: crânio
1685, António Pereira, Sermam do Avto da fe contra a idolatria do Oriente, Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, page 162:Foraõ, diz o Texto, para lhe dar ſepultura, & apenas acháraõ a caveira, & alguns oſſos […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Noun
caveira m or f by sense (plural caveiras)
- (Brazil, slang) member of BOPE
2007 October 11, Rudney Flores, “Como se tornar um caveira”, in Gazeta do Povo:O ex-porteiro de cinema é a principal revelação do filme dirigido por José Padilha, no papel de André Matias, o policial certinho, melhor amigo de Neto, e que também tenta entrar para o grupo dos "caveiras", como também são conhecidos os policiais do Bope.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2021, Lucius Paulo de Carvalho, “Táticas Policiais: a primeira prova de fogo”, in Caveira: operações policiais especiais, Florianópolis, →ISBN, page 112:Alguns dias se passaram e houve uma ocasião em que viajamos de Criciúma a São José para termos instrução com o BOPE. Apenas um Caveira nos recebeu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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