malandro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾu/

• (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)

1. mischievous, naughty
2. deceitful, treacherous

Noun

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

1. scoundrel, crook, rascal
2. 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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “malandro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

malandro

1. 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)

1. (colloquial, Venezuela) young delinquent

   Synonyms: delincuente, (Chile) maleado

2. (colloquial, Uruguay, masculine only) delinquent
3. (colloquial, Mexico) young thug

Descendants

• → English: malandro

Further reading

• “malandro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10