seareiro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seareiro. By surface analysis, seara (“cornfield; day labor”) +‎ eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seaˈɾejɾo̝/, /sjaˈɾejɾo̝/

Noun

seareiro m (plural seareiros, feminine seareira, feminine plural seareiras)

1. (dated) day laborer
2. regular customer, patron
3. (sports) fan, supporter

   Synonym: afeccionado

Related terms

• seara

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seareiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “siareiro”, 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), “seareiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seareiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

sẽara (“cornfield; day labor”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.aˈɾej.ɾo/

Noun

seareiro m

1. (Galicia) day laborer
   • 1329, Mª Beatriz Vaquero Díaz, editor, Colección diplomática do mosteiro de Celanova, →ISBN, page 165:

     por este ano primeiro vos fazemos merçede dos seareiros do dito moesteiro de cada un seu dia para tapar o dito terreo

     this first year we will gratefully pay for the laborers of said monastery for each day they employ in enclosing that terrain

Related terms

• sẽara

Descendants

• Galician: seareiro