monteiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese monteyro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from monte (wilderness) + -eiro. Compare Portuguese monteiro and Spanish montero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monˈtejɾo̝/

Noun

monteiro m (plural monteiros)

  1. (dated) hunter, huntsman
    • 1412, epitaph of Xoán Feixoo:
      Aqui jaz Jan Feyjoo escudeyro, bon fidalgo e verdadeyro gran caçador e monteyro
      Here lies Xoán Feixoo, squire, good nobleman and a true great hunter and hunstman

Derived terms

Adjective

monteiro (feminine monteira, masculine plural monteiros, feminine plural monteiras)

  1. wild; that lives in the wild

Derived terms

  • galo monteiro
  • gato monteiro
  • Pena Monteira

References

  • monteyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • monteyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • monteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • monteiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From monte + -eiro.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mõˈte(j).ɾu/ [mõˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mõˈte(j).ɾo/ [mõˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Homophone: Monteiro
  • Hyphenation: mon‧tei‧ro

Noun

monteiro m (plural monteiros, feminine monteira, feminine plural monteiras)

  1. gamekeeper
    Synonym: couteiro
  2. someone who hunts in mountainous areas

Derived terms

References

  1. monteiro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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