mensageiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• messageiro (obsolete)

Etymology

Mensagem (“message”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missaticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˌmẽ.sa.ˈʒe(j).ɾo/

Noun

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

1. messenger (one who brings messages)
2. mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
3. (figuratively) herald; harbinger

Synonyms

• (mailman): carteiro, correio, estafeta
• (harbinger): arauto, precursor

Derived terms

• mensageiro químico

Related terms

• mensageiria
• mensagem