guerreiro

See also: Guerreiro

Galician

Guerreiros. Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century

Etymology

From guerra (“war”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈrejɾo/ [ɡɛˈrej.ɾʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡɛˈrejɾo/ [ɡɛˈrej.ɾʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħɛˈrejɾo/ [ħɛˈrej.ɾʊ]

• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: gue‧rrei‧ro

Adjective

guerreiro (feminine guerreira, masculine plural guerreiros, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. bellicose, warlike

   Synonyms: bélico, belicoso, belixerante

Noun

guerreiro m (plural guerreiros, feminine guerreira, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. warrior
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 11:

     depoys disto aquelles guerreyros daquellas frotas, desque aquillo ouuerõ feyto, tornarõ de cabo a Sseuilla et chegarõ de cabo Alyazira, et cõbaterõna tres dias, et tomarõna et queymarõna, et leuarõ della grãde auer.

     after this, the warriors of those fleets moved to Seville and came to Algeciras, and they fought there for three days, and they took it, and burned it, and took away many possessions

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “guerreiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “guerre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guerreiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guerreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guerreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• guerreyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guerreiro, from guerra (“war”) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [ɡeˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [ɡeˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [ɡeˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [ɡeˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈʁe.ɾu/

Adjective

guerreiro (feminine guerreira, masculine plural guerreiros, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. bellicose, warlike

   Synonyms: bélico, belicoso, beligerante

Noun

guerreiro m (plural guerreiros, feminine guerreira, feminine plural guerreiras)

1. warrior