aceiro

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. Compare Catalan acer, French acier, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈθejɾo/ [aˈθej.ɾʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /aˈsejɾo/ [aˈsej.ɾʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ejɾo
  • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧ro

Noun

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aceiro m (uncountable)

  1. steel
    • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186:
      Et tragiã todos arcos torquiys, et luuas de açeyro, et seetas moy agudas.
      And old of them brought Turkish bows, and gloves of steel, and very sharp arrows
    • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:
      Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.
      Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

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