See also: Carreiro

Galician

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Guiadiños polo carreiro (Following the pathway)

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13th century. From carreira.

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carreiro m (plural carreiros)

  1. path; pathway
    Synonyms: senda, sendeiro, verea
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 863:
      Et hũu escudeyro do prior tornouse conas vacas per hũu carreyro apartado.
      A prior's squire turned back with the cows by a remote path
  2. line
  3. part or parting (hair)
    Synonym: carreira

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From carro +‎ -eiro.

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  • Hyphenation: car‧rei‧ro

Noun

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carreiro m (plural carreiros)

  1. pathway
  2. shortcut