mineiro
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mi‧nei‧ro
Etymology 1
editCalque of French minière, corresponding to mina + -eiro.
Noun
editmineiro m (plural mineiros, feminine mineira, feminine plural mineiras)
- miner (person who works in a mine)
- Synonym: minerador
- mine (excavation from which ore or minerals are taken)
- Synonym: mina
Adjective
editmineiro (feminine mineira, masculine plural mineiros, feminine plural mineiras)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Minas [Gerais] + -eiro.
Noun
editmineiro m (plural mineiros, feminine mineira, feminine plural mineiras)
- a person from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais
Adjective
editmineiro (feminine mineira, masculine plural mineiros, feminine plural mineiras)
- (relational) of Minas Gerais
Categories:
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms calqued from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -eiro
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese relational adjectives
- pt:Occupations
- pt:Mining
- pt:Demonyms