loiro

• louro

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese loiro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlojɾo̝/

loiro (feminine loira, masculine plural loiros, feminine plural loiras)

1. dark blonde; blonde; golden
2. black; dark brown; dark purple

   Synonyms: negro, preto

loiro m (plural loiros, feminine loira, feminine plural loiras)

1. blonde person

• rubio

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “loiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Alteration of louro, from Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

• Rhymes: -ojɾu
• Hyphenation: loi‧ro

loiro (feminine loira, masculine plural loiros, feminine plural loiras)

1. alternative form of louro

loiro m (plural loiros, feminine loira, feminine plural loiras)

1. alternative form of louro

In Brazil, this alternative form almost exclusively means blond, constrasting with louro, which can mean both "laurel (leaf)" and "blond".