carreiro

See also: Carreiro

Galician

Guiadiños polo carreiro (Following the pathway)

Etymology

13th century. From carreira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈrejɾʊ]

Noun

carreiro m (plural carreiros)

1. path; pathway

   Synonyms: senda, sendeiro, verea

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, 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

2. line
3. part or parting (hair)

   Synonym: carreira

Derived terms

• Carreiro
• Carreiros

Related terms

• carreira
• carro

References

• “carreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “carreyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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

From carro +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [kaˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: car‧rei‧ro

Noun

carreiro m (plural carreiros)

1. pathway
2. shortcut