caldeiro

Galician

caldeiro: Iron Age riveted cauldron, Galicia.

cauldrons and spurs. Coat of arms of the Galician Puga family.

Etymology

From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdejɾo/

Noun

caldeiro m (plural caldeiros)

1. cauldron (a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame)
   • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:

     hun espeto et hua fouçe et hun caldeiro de cobre

     a roasting jack and a sickle and a copper cauldron

   Díxolle a pota ao caldeiro: "Achégate aló que me luxas!" (proverb)

   The pot told the cauldron: "Go away, you're going to mess me up!" (the pot calling the kettle black)

2. bucket

Derived terms

• caldeira (“large cauldron”)
• caldeirada (“seafood stew”)
• carne ao caldeiro (“beef stew”, literally “meat on the cauldron”)

Related terms

• caldo (“broth”)

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caldeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caldeir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “caldeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “caldeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “caldeiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.