caloiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calouro

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Greek καλόγερος (kalógeros, “monk”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈloj.ɾu/ [kaˈloɪ̯.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈloj.ɾu/ [kaˈloɪ̯.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈloj.ɾo/ [kaˈloɪ̯.ɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈloj.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ojɾu
• Hyphenation: ca‧loi‧ro

Noun

caloiro m (plural caloiros, feminine caloira, feminine plural caloiras)

1. (university slang) freshman (a person in the first year of an institution)

   Synonym: (São Paulo) bixo

   Antonym: veterano

Further reading

• “caloiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caloiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026