baldeiro

Galician

Etymology 1

From balde (compare en balde, de balde) + -eiro.

Alternative forms

• baleiro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [balˈdejɾʊ]

Adjective

baldeiro (feminine baldeira, masculine plural baldeiros, feminine plural baldeiras)

1. empty
2. (of a terrain) barren
3. vain, useless

Derived terms

• baldeirar

Etymology 2

Attested since the 15th century. From balde (“bucket”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [balˈdejɾʊ]

Noun

baldeiro m (plural baldeiros, feminine baldeira, feminine plural baldeiras)

1. bucketmaker

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baldeiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baldeiro”, 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), “baldeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baldeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN