lavandeira

Galician

lavandeira

Alternative forms

• labrandeira

Etymology

From lavandeiro (“launderer, laundryman”), from Late Latin lavandārius, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laβanˈdejɾa̝/

Noun

lavandeira f (plural lavandeiras)

1. laundrywoman, washerwoman
2. (folklore) washerwoman, lavandière, bean-nighe; fairy who washes the clothes of the ones that are going to die
3. wagtail (Motacilla alba)

   Synonyms: alindadora, costureira, lavandisca, millarenga, pastoriña, paxariña da neve

   • 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

     Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.

     After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.

Derived terms

• Lavandeira
• Lavandeiras

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lavandeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lavandeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lavandeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From lavandeiro (“launderer”), from Late Latin lavandārius, or from French lavandière. Compare also Spanish lavandera, Asturian llavandera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [la.vɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [la.vɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vɐ̃ˈde(j).ɾa/ [la.vɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐ̃ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐ̃ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐ̃ˈdej.ɾɐ/ [lɐ.βɐ̃ˈdej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐ̃ˈdej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐ̃ˈde.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: la‧van‧dei‧ra

Noun

lavandeira f (plural lavandeiras)

1. laundrywoman
2. wagtail (various small passerine birds)

   Synonyms: (woman) lavadeira, alvéola, alvéloa, (Motacilla alba) lavandisca

3. Leonurus sibiricus, plant from Lamiaceae
4. Black-and-white monjita (Xolmis dominicanus) or White-rumped monjita (Xolmis velatus), South and Central American birds from Tyrannidae