malandrar

Portuguese

FWOTD – 7 September 2017

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ʁ)/ [ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ʁ)/ [ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ɻ)/

malandrar (first-person singular present malandro, first-person singular preterite malandrei, past participle malandrado)

(intransitive) to get by by taking advantage of other people
- 1995, Veja, page 82:
  “Tem muito maluco que tenta virar PM mas não consegue. No desemprego, vira a casaca e passa a malandrar. […] ”
  “There are lots of fellas who try to become military policemen but don’t get the job. Unemployed, they change sides and start committing petty crime. […] ”
(intransitive) to idle (to spend time not doing anything productive)
Synonyms: vadiar, vagabundear, mandriar
- 1972, Manuel Rodrigues de Melo, Terras de Camundá, page 103:
  Não via os filhos de Pedro Cardoso, desempregados, malandrando, comendo e dormindo, […]
  He hadn’t seen Pedro Cardoso’s children, [who were] unemployed, idling, eating and sleeping, […]

Conjugation of malandrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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