-eiro

See also: eiro

Contents

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• -eyro (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -ārius and -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Spanish -ero. Doublet of the borrowed suffix -ário.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐjru/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j)ɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j)ɾo/

SuffixEdit

-eiro m (feminine -eira, plural -eiros, feminine plural -eiras)

1. forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer

   cozinha (“kitchen”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cozinheiro (“cook”)

   aventura (“adventure”) + ‎-eiro → ‎aventureiro (“adventurer”)

   companhia (“company”) + ‎-eiro → ‎companheiro (“companion”)

   Synonyms: -ário, -dor, -ista

2. forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location” and adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”

   Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎brasileiro (“Brazilian”)

   costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“of the coast; someone who lives by the coast”)

   Synonyms: -ano, -ão, -ense, -ês, -iço

3. forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs

   pêssego (“peach fruit”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pessegueiro (“peach tree”)

   rosa (“rose”) + ‎-eira → ‎roseira (“rosebush”)

   Synonym: pé-de-

4. (usually feminine) forms nouns, from nouns or adjectives, denoting a state, property or quality of being the suffixed adjective or having the suffixed noun; -ity, -ness

   sujo (“filthy”) + ‎-eira → ‎sujeira (“filth”)

   besta (“foolish”) + ‎-eira → ‎besteira (“foolery”)

   nojo (“disgust”) + ‎-eira → ‎nojeira (“something disgusting”)

   Synonyms: -eza, -ice, -ície

5. forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun

   lama (“mud”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lameiro (“place with a lot of mud”)

   Synonym: -al

6. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting a place where the suffixed verb is likely to occur

   atolar (“to bog down”) + ‎-eiro → ‎atoleiro (“place where vehicles bog down frequently”)

   Synonym: -douro

7. forms the names of trees, often synonyms

   carvalho (“oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎carvalheira (“English oak”)

   azinho (“holm oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎azinheira (“holm oak”)

   pinho (“pine tree”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pinheiro (“pine tree”)

8. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container for the suffixed noun

   lápis (“pencil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lapiseiro (“pencil case”)

   sal (“salt”) + ‎-eiro → ‎saleiro (“salt cellar”)

9. forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”, and nouns meaning “a ship which transports the suffixed noun”

   carga (“cargo; load”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cargueiro (“which transports cargo”)

   navio (“ship”) + negro (“black person”) + ‎-eiro → ‎navio-negreiro (“slave ship”)

   petróleo (“petroleum”) + ‎-eiro → ‎petroleiro (“oil tanker”)

10. forms nouns, from the name of a drug, denoting someone who is addicted to the drug; -head

    maconha (“marijuana”) + ‎-eiro → ‎maconheiro (“stoner; pothead”)

11. forms nouns and adjectives, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun

    metal (“heavy metal”) + ‎-eiro → ‎metaleiro (“metalhead”)

    novela (“soap opera”) + ‎-eiro → ‎noveleiro (“fan of soap operas”)

Related termsEdit

• -ário