mensageiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

messageiro (obsolete)

Etymology

From 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 (“to send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [mẽ.saˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾo/ [mẽ.saˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒe.ɾu/

Hyphenation: men‧sa‧gei‧ro

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

mensageiro químico

Related terms

mensageiria
mensagem

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