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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

delinquente juvenil

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deliŋˈkwẽtʃi ʒuveˈniw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kindergangster/ˈkɪndɐˌɡaŋstɐ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O jovem foi considerado um delinquente juvenil."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A young delinquent or a member of a youth group engaging in minor criminal or rowdy behavior.

    "The local police had to deal with a group of self-proclaimed Kindergangster causing trouble near the station."
  2. 2

    A humorous or slightly derogatory term used for children who act overly tough or defiant.

    "Stop trying to act like a little Kindergangster and finish your vegetables."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the German compound words 'Kind' (child) and 'Gangster' (borrowed via American English into German, ultimately from Italian 'ganster'). The term emerged in modern colloquial urban slang to describe youth involved in delinquent or rowdy group behavior.

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