señeiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• senlleiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senlleiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *singulārius, from Latin singulāris (“alone, singular”).

Cognate with Portuguese senheiro and Spanish señero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se.ˈɲej.ɾʊ]

Adjective

señeiro (feminine señeira, masculine plural señeiros, feminine plural señeiras)

1. alone

   Synonyms: só, soo, soio, senlleiro, ameucabo

2. single

   Synonyms: único, singular

Related terms

• soidade, soidoso

References

1. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “señeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega