parteira

Portuguese

Etymology

Parto (“birth; delivery”) +‎ -eira (“-eer”), from Old Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“I bring forth, I give birth to, I produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɻ.ˈte(j).ɾa/

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)
feminine equivalent of parteiro

Related terms

parto

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