Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin tabernarius.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taβɛɾˈnejɾo̝/, /taβeɾˈnejɾo̝/

Noun

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taberneiro m (plural taberneiros, feminine taberneira, feminine plural taberneiras)

  1. shopkeeper; innkeeper; wine seller
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 357:
      foran en tomar aos mercadores e tauerneiros d'Arçúa et das Duas Casas viinte e hun roçín d'albardas con senos aparellos
      they went and took from the merchants and shopkeepers of Arzúa and Dúas Casas twenty-one pack horses with their respective tacks
  2. cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)
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