bisbilhoteiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From bisbilhotar +‎ -eiro.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /biz.bi.ʎoˈte(j).ɾu/ [biz.bi.ʎoˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /biʒ.bi.ʎoˈte(j).ɾu/ [biʒ.bi.ʎoˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biz.bi.ʎoˈte(j).ɾo/ [biz.bi.ʎoˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʒ.bi.ʎuˈtɐj.ɾu/ [biʒ.βi.ʎuˈtɐj.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʒ.bi.ʎuˈtej.ɾu/ [biʒ.βi.ʎuˈtej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʒ.bi.ʎuˈte.ɾu/ [biʒ.βi.ʎuˈte.ɾu]

Hyphenation: bis‧bi‧lho‧tei‧ro

Adjective

bisbilhoteiro (feminine bisbilhoteira, masculine plural bisbilhoteiros, feminine plural bisbilhoteiras)

nosy (inclined to snoop, spy, pry on someone else's private affairs)
Synonym: abelhudo

Noun

bisbilhoteiro m (plural bisbilhoteiros, feminine bisbilhoteira, feminine plural bisbilhoteiras)

busybody (someone who is nosy and pries on someone else's private affairs)

References

“bisbilhoteiro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
“bisbilhoteiro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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