caboclo

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caboclo

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Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo, borrowed from Old Tupi kuriboka.

noun caboclos

A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent. Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares.

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"caboclo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caboclo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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caboclo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caboclo

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"caboclo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caboclo.

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@misc{caboclo_2026,
  title = {caboclo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caboclo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}