"bicheiro" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bicheiros [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|pt|bicheiro}} Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro Head templates: {{en-noun}} bicheiro (plural bicheiros)
  1. One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America.
    Sense id: en-bicheiro-en-noun-ygkOxuw~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /biˈʃe(j).ɾu/ [Brazil], [biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu] [Brazil], /biˈʃe(j).ɾu/ [Brazil], [biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu] [Brazil], /biˈʃe(j).ɾo/ [Southern-Brazil], [biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾo] [Southern-Brazil], /biˈʃɐj.ɾu/ [Portugal], /biˈʃɐj.ɾu/ [Portugal], /biˈt͡ʃej.ɾu/ [Northern, Portugal], /biˈʃej.ɾu/ [Central, Portugal], /biˈʃe.ɾu/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: bicheiros [plural]
Rhymes: -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu, -eɾu Etymology: From bicho + -eiro. Etymology templates: {{af|pt|bicho|-eiro}} bicho + -eiro Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} bicheiro m (plural bicheiros)
  1. (Brazil, gambling) bicheiro Tags: Brazil, masculine Categories (topical): Betting

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "bicheiro"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bicheiros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bicheiro (plural bicheiros)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 June 7, Larry Rohter, “Brazilian Numbers Game Ties Officials to Mobsters”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Today it is played everywhere in Brazil, including remote corners of the Amazon, but continues to be controlled from Rio by about a dozen bosses, called bicheiros.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America."
      ],
      "id": "en-bicheiro-en-noun-ygkOxuw~",
      "links": [
        [
          "numbers game",
          "numbers game"
        ],
        [
          "South America",
          "South America"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bicheiro"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bicho",
        "3": "-eiro"
      },
      "expansion": "bicho + -eiro",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bicho + -eiro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bicheiros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bicheiro m (plural bicheiros)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bi‧chei‧ro"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Betting",
          "orig": "pt:Betting",
          "parents": [
            "Gambling",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 October 29, Jefferson Monteiro, Mahomed Saigg, “Rogério Andrade, maior bicheiro do Rio, é preso por mandar matar rival Fernando Iggnácio”, in g1, Rio de Janeiro: Globo, archived from the original on 2024-10-29:",
          "text": "O Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) prendeu nesta terça-feira (29) o contraventor Rogério Andrade, patrono da escola de samba Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel e o maior bicheiro do Rio.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bicheiro"
      ],
      "id": "en-bicheiro-pt-noun-ObwlSpIX",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bicheiro",
          "bicheiro#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil, gambling) bicheiro"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "gambling",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe(j).ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe(j).ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe(j).ɾo/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾo]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃɐj.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃɐj.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈt͡ʃej.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃej.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ejɾu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐjɾu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bicheiro"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "bicheiro"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bicheiros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bicheiro (plural bicheiros)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Portuguese",
        "English terms derived from Portuguese",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 June 7, Larry Rohter, “Brazilian Numbers Game Ties Officials to Mobsters”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Today it is played everywhere in Brazil, including remote corners of the Amazon, but continues to be controlled from Rio by about a dozen bosses, called bicheiros.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "numbers game",
          "numbers game"
        ],
        [
          "South America",
          "South America"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bicheiro"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bicho",
        "3": "-eiro"
      },
      "expansion": "bicho + -eiro",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bicho + -eiro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bicheiros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bicheiro m (plural bicheiros)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bi‧chei‧ro"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu/3 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/eɾu",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/eɾu/3 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjɾu",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjɾu/3 syllables",
        "pt:Betting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 October 29, Jefferson Monteiro, Mahomed Saigg, “Rogério Andrade, maior bicheiro do Rio, é preso por mandar matar rival Fernando Iggnácio”, in g1, Rio de Janeiro: Globo, archived from the original on 2024-10-29:",
          "text": "O Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) prendeu nesta terça-feira (29) o contraventor Rogério Andrade, patrono da escola de samba Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel e o maior bicheiro do Rio.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bicheiro"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bicheiro",
          "bicheiro#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil, gambling) bicheiro"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "gambling",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe(j).ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe(j).ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe(j).ɾo/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[biˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾo]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃɐj.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃɐj.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈt͡ʃej.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃej.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biˈʃe.ɾu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ejɾu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐjɾu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bicheiro"
}

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