seringueiro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From seringa +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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

(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)

(Brazil) rubber tapper (typically, in the Amazon basin)
Synonym: borracheiro

Further reading

“seringueiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“seringueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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