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caboclo

caboclo noun: a person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.

Noun

caboclo (plural caboclos)

  1. A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.
    • Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 138

Forms of caboclo

pluralcaboclos

Origin of caboclo

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo, borrowed from Old Tupi kuriboka.

Questions about caboclo

What does caboclo mean?
Caboclo means a person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.
What part of speech is caboclo?
Caboclo is a noun.
What is the plural of caboclo?
The plural of caboclo is caboclos.

Words near caboclo in the dictionary

  1. caboceers
  2. caboched
  3. Cabochien
  4. cabochon
  5. cabochons
  6. caboclo
  7. caboclos
  8. cabomba
  9. cabombaceous
  10. Cabong
  11. Cabongbongan

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