alfaiate

See also: Alfaiate

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese alfaiate and Asturian alfayate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alfaˈi̯at̪ɪ]

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

1. tailor

   Synonym: xastre

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alfaiate”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfaiate”, 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), “alfaiate”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Old Leonese alfayat.

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

1. tailor

Descendants

• Galician: alfaiate
• Portuguese: alfaiate

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "alfaiate"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fajˈa.te/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐˈja.tɨ/ [aɫ.fɐˈja.tɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [awfaɪ̯ˈati]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: al‧fai‧a‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate.

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

1. tailor
2. pied avocet, a bird
3. water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alfaiate

1. inflection of alfaiatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alfaiate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “alfaiate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025