-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
SuffixEdit
-eiro m (feminine -eira, plural -eiros, feminine plural -eiras)
- 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
- 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”
- forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs
- (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
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun
- forms nouns, from verbs, denoting a place where the suffixed verb is likely to occur
- forms the names of trees, often synonyms
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container for the suffixed noun
- 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”)
- forms nouns, from the name of a drug, denoting someone who is addicted to the drug; -head
- maconha (“marijuana”) + -eiro → maconheiro (“stoner; pothead”)
- forms nouns and adjectives, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun