tenreiro

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1150 inside local Latin documents. From tenro (“tender”) +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish ternero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tenˈrejɾʊ]

Adjective

tenreiro (feminine tenreira, masculine plural tenreiros, feminine plural tenreiras)

(dated) tender, young

Noun

tenreiro f (plural tenreiros)

calf
Synonyms: cucho, pucho, tenreira, xato

Related terms

References

“tenreiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“tenreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“tenreiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“tenreiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [tẽˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [tẽˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [tẽˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe.ɾu/

Hyphenation: ten‧rei‧ro

Noun

tenreiro m (plural tenreiros)

(obsolete) calf (young bull)
Synonyms: bezerro, novilho, almalho, vítulo, vitelo, terneiro

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