carreiro

See also: Carreiro

Galician

Guiadiños polo carreiro (Following the pathway)

Etymology

13th century. From carreira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈrejɾʊ]

Noun

carreiro m (plural carreiros)

1. path; pathway

   Synonyms: senda, sendeiro, verea

   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 863:

     Et hũu escudeyro do prior tornouse conas vacas per hũu carreyro apartado.

     A prior's squire turned back with the cows by a remote path

2. line
3. part or parting (hair)

   Synonym: carreira

Derived terms

• Carreiro
• Carreiros

Related terms

• carreira
• carro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carreiro”, 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), “carreiro”, 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), “carreiro”, 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), “carreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Celtic *karros

Gaulish *karrosbor.

Latin carrus

Old Galician-Portuguese carro

Portuguese carro

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese carreiro

From carro + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: car‧rei‧ro

Noun

carreiro m (plural carreiros)

1. pathway
2. shortcut

Further reading

• “carreiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “carreiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026