caboclo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo.

Noun

caboclo (plural caboclos)

  1. A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.
    • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 138:
      Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Tupi kuriboka.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈbo.klu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈbo.klo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈbo.klu/ [kɐˈβo.klu]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧bo‧clo

Adjective

caboclo (feminine cabocla, masculine plural caboclos, feminine plural caboclas)

  1. (Brazil) copper-coloured

Noun

caboclo m (plural caboclos, feminine cabocla, feminine plural caboclas)

  1. (Brazil) caboclo (person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry)
    Hypernym: pardo
    Coordinate term: cafuzo

References
  1. Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013

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