Here’s another word that you may not find in books and magazines too often, but that Brazilians use regularly: fuleiro.

In this post I tell you what fuleiro means, I give examples using the word, and you can learn the pronunciation of fuleiro with the video below.

Fuleiro

Fuleiro is an adjective that means:

• of poor, bad quality
• not reliable

Because it is an adjective, it agrees in gender and number with the word that it describes.

Examples using the fuleiro:

1. Esse sapato é fuleiro. Comprei há duas semanas e já está parecendo velho. = These shoes are of bad quality. I bought them two weeks ago and they already look old.
2. Que bolsas fuleiras! Não vão durar muito. = How cheap these purses are! They won’t last long.
3. Alberto é muito fuleiro. Não dá pra contar com ele pra nada.

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