ferreiro
See also: Ferreiro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feˈrejɾo̝/
Noun
ferreiro m (plural ferreiros)
- blacksmith (iron forger)
- En cas do ferreiro coitelo de pau. ― In the house of the smith, wooden knife.(proverb)
- blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Synonym: ferreiriño
- stingray
- Synonym: estinga
Derived terms
- Ferreiro
- Ferreiros
- Ferreirós
- Ferreirous
- Vilaferreiros
- Vilar de Ferreiros
References
- “ferreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “ferreyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “ferreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “ferreiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ferreiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ferreiro (compare Galician ferreiro), from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /fe.ˈhe(j).ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨ.ˈʁɐj.ɾu/
Audio (file)
Noun
ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)
- blacksmith (iron forger)
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