caldeiro

Galician

caldeiro: Iron Age riveted cauldron, Galicia.

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

Etymology

From Latin caldārium (“warm bath”), from calidus (“warm, hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdejɾo̝/

Noun

caldeiro m (plural caldeiros)

1. cauldron (a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame)
   • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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

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• “caldeir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “caldeiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.