carreiro

See also: Carreiro

Galician
Guiadiños polo carreiro (Following the pathway)

Etymology

13th century. From carreira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈrejɾo̝/

Noun

carreiro m (plural carreiros)

  1. path; pathway
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 863:
      Et hũu escudeyro do prior tornouse conas vacas per hũu carreyro apartado.
      A prior's squire turned back with the cows by a remote path
    Synonyms: senda, sendeiro, verea
  2. part or parting (hair)
    Synonym: carreira

Derived terms

References
  • “carreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “carreyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “carreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “carreiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “carreiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Carro +‎ -eiro

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ˈʁɐj.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: car‧rei‧ro

Noun

carreiro m (plural carreiros)

  1. pathway
  2. shortcut
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