arrieiro

Galician

Arrieiros

Alternative forms

• arreeiro

Etymology

From arre (“gee up”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ariˈejrʊ]

Noun

arrieiro m (plural arrieiros)

1. (historical) muleteer (a professional who was hired for transporting goods using pack animals or carts)

   Synonym: arrocheiro

   • c. 1771, anonymous, Rosario Álvarez, Ernesto González, editors, Décima xiringatoria‎^[1]:

     Endemal! non falás rouco,
     mais eu à tanto desfacho,
     (como dixo ô ôutro) a macho
     que hè lerdo, arrieiro louco.
     Por moito que eu malle, hè pouco;
     que a quen do principio aò cabo,
     sin fazer caso do crabo,
     tàs peras tira meu frade,
     conven (xiquera à semade)
     que lle zorreguen ô rabo.

     Alas! you don't speak rough,
     but I, to such impertinence,
     as they say, to dumb mule,
     mad muleteer.
     No matter how much I strike, is not enough;
     because to whom, beginning to end,
     not paying attention to the nail,
     your pears drop, my friar,
     it is advisable (at least summarily)
     that they whip their tail

2. (historical) winemonger
3. (insects) processionary caterpillar
4. (figurative) menstruation

Derived terms

• andar de arrieiro (“to menstruate”)

Related terms

• arre
• arrear

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrieiro”, 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), “arrieiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrieiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• arreeiro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈe(j).ɾu/ [a.hɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁje(j).ɾu/ [aˈhje(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈe(j).ɾu/ [a.hɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁje(j).ɾu/ [aˈhje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈe(j).ɾu/ [a.χɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁje(j).ɾu/ [aˈχje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈe(j).ɾo/ [a.hɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁje(j).ɾo/ [aˈhje(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁjɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁjɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁjej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁjej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁje.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ri‧ei‧ro

Noun

arrieiro m (plural arrieiros)

1. arriero (person who transports goods using pack animals)

   Synonym: arreador