mensageiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Mensagem (message) + -eiro (-eer) (compare Galician mensaxeiro, Spanish mensajero), from Old French message (message), from Late Latin missāticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (I send), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (to exchange, remove).

Pronunciation

  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmẽ.sa.ˈʒe(j).ɾo/
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Noun

mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)

  1. messenger (one who brings messages)
  2. mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
    Synonyms: carteiro, correio, estafeta
  3. (figuratively) herald; harbinger
    Synonyms: arauto, precursor

Derived terms

  • mensageiro químico
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