caloteiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.loˈte(j).ɾu/
caloteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “swindler (person who swindles, cheats or defrauds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que caloteia”.
What does caloteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswindler (person who swindles, cheats or defrauds)
- 2
informalmasculinedeadbeat (a person who tries to evade paying their debts)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que caloteia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caloteiro
- caloteiros plural
- caloteira feminine
- caloteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caloteiro?
- Brazil /ka.loˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.loˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ.luˈtɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caloteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caloteiro in Portuguese?
caloteiro appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).