fuleiro

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

fulero (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fulero or fullero.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈle(j).ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈle(j).ɾo/

Adjective

fuleiro (feminine fuleira, masculine plural fuleiros, feminine plural fuleiras)

(Brazil, colloquial, of objects) mediocre, worthless, poorly done, useless, lousy
Compramos uma máquina de lavar fuleira que quase não presta. ― We bought a lousy washing machine that barely works.
(Brazil, colloquial, of people) irresponsible, careless, untrustworthy

Derived terms

fuleiragem

Further reading

“fuleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
“fuleiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

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