coveiro

Galician

Etymology

From cova (“cave, grave”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔˈβejɾʊ]

Noun

coveiro m (plural coveiros)

1. gravedigger
2. den

Related terms

• cova

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coveiro”, 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), “coveiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From cova (“grave”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔˈvɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔˈvɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔˈbej.ɾu/ [kɔˈβej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔˈvej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔˈve.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: co‧vei‧ro

Noun

coveiro m (plural coveiros, feminine coveira, feminine plural coveiras)

1. gravedigger (a person employed to dig graves)