tenreiro

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1150 inside local Latin documents. From tenro (“tender”) +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish ternero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tenˈrejɾʊ]

Adjective

tenreiro (feminine tenreira, masculine plural tenreiros, feminine plural tenreiras)

1. (dated) tender, young

Noun

tenreiro f (plural tenreiros)

1. calf

   Synonyms: cucho, pucho, tenreira, xato

Related terms

• tenreira
• tenro

References

• “tenreiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tenreiro”, 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), “tenreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tenreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [tẽˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [tẽˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [tẽˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [tẽˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈʁe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ten‧rei‧ro

Noun

tenreiro m (plural tenreiros)

1. (obsolete) calf (young bull)

   Synonyms: bezerro, novilho, almalho, vítulo, vitelo, terneiro