caboclo

[ kuh-baw-kloo, -kloh, -boh-; Portuguese kuh-baw-kloo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ca·bo·clos [k, uh, -, baw, -klooz, -klohz, k, uh, -, baw, -kl, oo, sh].

Origin of caboclo¹

1810–20; < Portuguese < Tupi caboco, caboculo, caboclo

The caboclo slid down lightly along the trunk and saw two little bodies who were whining, staggering, dragging themselves along.

A squat, swarthy man with rugged features, a caboclo, of white and Indian blood.

The caboclo rushed to the cabin and made for the room where the candle was burning.

The caboclo Indian did not remove his eyes from the pigeon-house.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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