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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cabeludo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kabeˈlu.du/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Long-hair/ˈlɒŋ.hɛər/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele sempre foi conhecido como o cabeludo da turma."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person with long hair, especially a man, often associated with specific counterculture movements or youth subcultures.

    "In the 1960s, wearing your hair long was a statement of rebellion for many young people."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characterized by people with long hair, or informally, relating to highbrow tastes such as classical music.

    "He prefers long-hair classical symphonies over modern pop music."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English adjectives 'lang' (long) and 'hǣr' (hair). Historically used as a descriptive compound since the Middle English period, it later evolved in the 20th century as a cultural descriptor for individuals, particularly men, wearing long hair, and sometimes colloquially for enthusiasts of classical music.

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