leiteiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactārius, corresponding to leite +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ejɾu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈte(j).ɾu/ [leɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈte(j).ɾu/ [leɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lejˈte(j).ɾo/ [leɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐjˈtɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐjˈtɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lejˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lejˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /leˈte.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: lei‧tei‧ro

Noun

leiteiro m (plural leiteiros, feminine leiteira, feminine plural leiteiras)

1. milkman (man who delivers milk early in the morning)

Related terms

• leite

Further reading

• “leiteiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026