baldeiro

Galician

Etymology 1

From balde (compare en balde, de balde) + -eiro.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [balˈdejɾʊ]

Adjective

baldeiro (feminine baldeira, masculine plural baldeiros, feminine plural baldeiras)

  1. empty
  2. (of a terrain) barren
  3. vain, useless
Derived terms
  • baldeirar

Etymology 2

Attested since the 15th century. From balde (bucket) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [balˈdejɾʊ]

Noun

baldeiro m (plural baldeiros, feminine baldeira, feminine plural baldeiras)

  1. bucketmaker

References

  • baldeiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • baldeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • baldeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • baldeiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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