goleiro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From gol +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ejɾu

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈlɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈlej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈlej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈle.ɾu/

Hyphenation: go‧lei‧ro

Noun

goleiro m (plural goleiros, feminine goleira, feminine plural goleiras)

(Brazil, sports) goalkeeper
Synonyms: (Portugal) guarda-redes, (Brazil) guarda-meta, (Brazil) arqueiro

Further reading

“goleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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