guerreiro

See also: Guerreiro

Galician

Guerreiros. Cantigas de Santa María, 13th century

Etymology

From guerra (“war”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈrejɾo̝/

Adjective

guerreiro (feminine guerreira, masculine plural guerreiros, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. bellicose, warlike

Synonyms

• bélico, belicoso, belixerante

Noun

guerreiro m (plural guerreiros, feminine guerreira, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. warrior
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 11:

     depoys disto aquelles guerreyros daquellas frotas, desque aquillo ouuerõ feyto, tornarõ de cabo a Sseuilla et chegarõ de cabo Alyazira, et cõbaterõna tres dias, et tomarõna et queymarõna, et leuarõ della grãde auer.

     after this, the warriors of those fleets moved to Seville and came to Algeciras, and they fought there for three days, and they took it, and burned it, and took away many possessions

References

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• guerreyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guerreiro, from guerra (“war”) + -eiro.

Adjective

1. bellicose, warlike

Synonyms

• bélico, belicoso, beligerante

Noun

guerreiro m (plural guerreiros, feminine guerreira, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. warrior