Freyre

[ frey-ruh ]

noun

1. Gil·ber·to [zhil-, ber, -t, oo], 1900–87, Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist.

Example Sentences

“Cuba is a socialist country. The fundamental ideology has not changed. That’s still there. But I think that Cuba is in a very difficult economic moment and that has opened a door,” Freyre added.

From Seattle Times

“For the first time in 60 years, small- and medium-sized private corporations are now authorized by law. Now the challenge is for them to prosper in a very arid landscape for private initiative,” said Pedro Freyre, an analyst with the Florida-based Akerman Consulting and professor at Miami Law School.

From Seattle Times

And no one perfected and personified “futebol-arte,” as Freyre called it, more than Pelé.

From Washington Post

Pedro Freyre, chair of international practice at the Akerman law firm and a Cuban American who serves on the board of the U.S.-Cuba Business Council, said that the demonstrations were a “wake-up call” that the Cuban government could not easily ignore.

From Washington Post

The 20th-century Brazilian sociologist Gilberto de Mello Freyre wrote in the 1930s that all Brazilians — “even the light-skinned fair-haired one” — carried Indigenous or African lineage.

From Washington Post