caloiro

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === calouro === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Greek καλόγερος (kalógeros, “monk”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ojɾu Hyphenation: ca‧loi‧ro === Noun === caloiro m (plural caloiros, feminine caloira, feminine plural caloiras) (university slang) freshman (a person in the first year of an institution) Synonym: (São Paulo) bixo Antonym: veterano === References === === 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