prisioneiro

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From French prisonnier (“prisoner”), from prison (“prison”), from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiō (“seizing”), from prehendō (“to seize”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -eɾu, -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu Hyphenation: pri‧si‧o‧nei‧ro === Noun === prisioneiro m (plural prisioneiros, feminine prisioneira, feminine plural prisioneiras) prisoner (person incarcerated in a prison) Synonyms: cativo, preso (figuratively) prisoner (any person held against his or her will) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “prisioneiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “prisioneiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “prisioneiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “prisioneiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026