malandro

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾu
• Hyphenation: ma‧lan‧dro

Back-formation from malandrino.

malandro (feminine malandra, masculine plural malandros, feminine plural malandras)

1. mischievous, naughty
2. deceitful, treacherous

malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

1. scoundrel, crook, rascal
2. lazy, someone who takes advantage of others instead of working in order to get by

• malandrar
• arroz malandro
• malandragem

• “malandro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “malandro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

malandro

1. first-person singular present indicative of malandrar

Back-formation from malandrino.

• IPA^(key): /maˈlandɾo/ [maˈlãn̪.d̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -andɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧lan‧dro

malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

1. (colloquial, Venezuela) young delinquent

   Synonyms: delincuente, (Chile) maleado

2. (colloquial, Uruguay, masculine only) delinquent
3. (colloquial, Mexico) young thug

• → English: malandro

• “malandro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28