malandro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɐ̃.dɾu/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾu
Hyphenation: ma‧lan‧dro

Etymology 1

Back-formation from malandrino.

Adjective

malandro (feminine malandra, masculine plural malandros, feminine plural malandras)

Noun

malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

scoundrel, crook, rascal
lazy, someone who takes advantage of others instead of working in order to get by

Derived terms

malandrar
arroz malandro
malandragem

Further reading

“malandro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“malandro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Verb

malandro

first-person singular present indicative of malandrar

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from malandrino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈlandɾo/ [maˈlãn̪.d̪ɾo]
Rhymes: -andɾo
Syllabification: ma‧lan‧dro

Noun

malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

(colloquial, Venezuela) young delinquent
Synonyms: delincuente, (Chile) maleado
(colloquial, Uruguay, masculine only) delinquent
(colloquial, Mexico) young thug

Descendants

→ English: malandro

Further reading

“malandro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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