caboclo

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noun

A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.

OriginBrazilian Portuguese caboclo ← Old Tupi kuriboka →
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Meanings

nouncaboclo (plural caboclos)

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

Origin

  1. Old Tupikariba
  2. Old Tupi'ok
  3. Old Tupikuriboka
  4. Brazilian Portuguesecaboclo
  5. Englishcaboclo

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Balococ
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APA

caboclo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caboclo

MLA

“caboclo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caboclo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caboclo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caboclo.

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