adjective/nounmasculine/feminine (agrees with noun)pl: errantes (invariable plural form)
wandering, errant, roaming
1. persons or things that wander or move from place to place without a fixed destination
The errantes traveled across the countryside in search of work.
Os errantes viajavam pelo interior em busca de trabalho.
2. astray, straying from the correct path (literal or figurative)
The errantes knights sought adventure and redemption.
Os cavaleiros errantes buscavam aventura e redenção.
3. wandering, vagrant (describing a lifestyle or condition)
The errantes lifestyle appealed to those seeking freedom.
O estilo de vida dos errantes atraia aqueles que buscavam liberdade.
The term 'errantes' carries historical and literary significance, most famously associated with 'cavaleiros errantes' from medieval romance literature and Don Quixote. In Brazilian and Portuguese culture, it evokes themes of freedom, restlessness, and the picaresque tradition of wandering adventurers. It can carry both romantic and pejorative connotations depending on context.
Related Idioms & Phrases
cavaleiros errantes (knights errant - quixotic adventurers)
alma errante (wandering soul - restless spirit)
vida errante (wandering life - nomadic existence)
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