zagueiro

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From zaga (“defense (sports); rear (military)”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”), from Spanish zaga (“defense”), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: za‧guei‧ro === Noun === zagueiro m (plural zagueiros, feminine zagueira, feminine plural zagueiras) (Brazil, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team) Synonyms: (Brazil, dated) beque, (Portugal) central, (Portugal) defesa central Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:futebolista ==== Related terms ==== zaga === Further reading === “zagueiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “zagueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026