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barbeiro

noun · m. pl. barbeiros
/baʁˈbe(j).ɾu/
barbershop, kissing bug, road hog

1barber (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
Andando o tempo alguns de ſeus vaſſallos poderozos, aos quais elle obrigou a viver, como convinha, ſe conjuraram contra elle, & vendo o naõ podiam matar publicamente por cauza do povo, que o amava muyto; ſe cõcertaram com hũ barbeyro, para que fazendolhe a barba, o degolaſſe[…]
After some time, some of his powerful vassals, whom he forced to live as he saw fit, have cospired against him. And seeing that they couldn't kill him in public because of the people, who loved him, they arranged a barber to, while shaving him, slit his throat.
2barbershop (place of business of a barber)
Em português: que age temerária e, ou, danosamente por imperícia ou má condução intencional · indivíduo que tem por ofício barbear e/ou cortar o cabelo a homens
Also:barbearia
BrasilPronounced /baʁˈbe(j).ɾu/ in Brazil.
PortugalPronounced /bɐɾˈbɐj.ɾu/ in Portugal.

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