cativeiro

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Portuguese

Etymology

From cativo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈve(j).ɾu/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈve(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈve(j).ɾo/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈve(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tiˈvɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tiˈbej.ɾu/ [kɐ.tiˈβej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tiˈvej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tiˈve.ɾu/

Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧vei‧ro

Noun

cativeiro m (plural cativeiros)

captivity (state of being captive)
- 1838, chapter XI, in Caetano Lopes de Moura, transl., O Misantropo, ou o Anão das pedras negras, Paris: J. P. Aillaud, translation of The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott, pages 194–195:
  Forçoso é que retrogrademos, a fim de darmos conta das circumstancias que havião posto em cativeiro a miss Isabel Vera, cativeiro de que foi inopinadamente libertada no assalto que Earnscliff, Hobby e seus companheiros derão á torre de Westburnflat.
  [original: The course of our story must here revert a little, to detail the circumstances which had placed Miss Vere in the unpleasant situation from which she was unexpectedly and indeed unintentionally liberated by the appearance of Earnscliff and Elliot, with their friends and followers, before the Tower of Westburnflat.]
prison (place where one is held captive)
- 2023 December 19, “Mais de 24h em cativeiro: o passo a passo do sequestro de Marcelinho Carioca”, in O Globo, Rio de Janeiro: Globo:
  O ex-jogador de futebol Marcelinho Carioca foi sequestrado e alvo de extorsão durante mais de 24 horas, entre a madrugada de domingo e o momento em que o cativeiro foi descoberto pela Polícia Militar.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=cativeiro&oldid=80657646"

Hidden categories: