caseiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from casa (“house”) +‎ -eiro, or from Latin casārius. Compare Spanish casero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsejɾo̝/

Adjective

caseiro (feminine caseira, masculine plural caseiros, feminine plural caseiras)

1. homemade, home-grown

   Insisto, vas probar esta augardente caseira. ― I insist, you're going to taste this homemade spirit.

2. homely; home-loving

Noun

caseiro m (plural caseiros, feminine caseira, feminine plural caseiras)

1. tenant of a farm or cottage

   Synonyms: arrendatario, colono, inquilino

   • 1391, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, De Viveiro en la Edad Media, Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 158:

     Iten mando a meu yrmao Aluaro Marques toda a minna casa de Marçay, en que mora meu caseiro Afonso Eanes

     Item, I devise to my brother Álvaro Marques my house of Marzai, in which now dwells my tenant Afonso Eanes

Derived terms

• Caseiros

Related terms

• casa

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caseiro, from casa (“house”) +‎ -eiro, or from Latin casārius. Compare Spanish casero.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈze.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧sei‧ro

Adjective

caseiro (feminine caseira, masculine plural caseiros, feminine plural caseiras)

1. homemade, home-grown

   Os pastéis são caseiros?

   Are the pastries homemade?

2. amateur, not professional

   Synonym: amador

   Antonym: profissional

   filme caseiro

   amateur movie

Noun

caseiro m (plural caseiros, feminine caseira, feminine plural caseiras)

1. cottager (someone who inhabits or takes care of a cottage or similar habitation)