Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ligeiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviarius, from levis (light). Compare Portuguese ligeiro, Spanish ligero.

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Adjective

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lixeiro (feminine lixeira, masculine plural lixeiros, feminine plural lixeiras)

  1. light (of low weight)
    Synonyms: leve, livián
    Antonym: pesado
    • 1481, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 177:
      Iten, preguntado por lo quarto artícolo, etc., diso o dito testigo que pode aver ben quarenta anos que él vira trajer touçiños do seruiçio da dita terra ao abade don Juan, os que eran ricos e tiñan gisado que tragían boos touçiños, e os que eran mays pobres, que lles tragían marraás boas, e outros mays pobres, que lle tragían outras marraás mays ligeyras
      Item, asked on the fourth article, etc, said witness said that some forty years ago he saw how they brought pigs of the service of said property to abbot Don Xoán; the ones who were rich and had a way brought good pigs, and the others who were poorer brought good sows, and others even poorer brought other lighter sows
  2. light (gentle)
    Synonyms: maino, suave
  3. fast, swift
    Synonym: rápido
    Andemos con paso lixeiroLet's walk at a fast pace
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 379:
      Mays Diomedes, que era moy bõo et moy lygeyro, ergeusse moy toste, cõ sua espada ẽna mão, et defendeusse moy ben
      But Diomedes, who was very good and very swift, got up very quickly, with sword in hand, and defended himself very well
  4. frivolous
    Synonym: frívolo
  5. (of soil) shallow; dry

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Adverb

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lixeiro

  1. quickly, swiftly
    Synonym: rápido
    Andemos lixeiro.Let's walk swiftly.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From lixo (garbage) +‎ -eiro (-eer).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈʃe(j).ɾu/ [liˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈʃe(j).ɾo/ [liˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Rhymes: -ejɾu
  • Hyphenation: li‧xei‧ro

Noun

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lixeiro m (plural lixeiros, feminine lixeira, feminine plural lixeiras)

  1. garbage collector (person who collects and disposes of waste)
  2. rubbish bin (small container for waste)
    Synonyms: lixo, lixeira

Further reading

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  • lixeiro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913