mensageiro

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Mensagem (“message”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”) (compare Galician mensaxeiro, Spanish mensajero), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missāticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)

  1. messenger (one who brings messages)
  2. mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
    Synonyms: carteiro, correio, estafeta
  3. (figurative) herald; harbinger
    Synonyms: arauto, precursor

Derived terms

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