lixeiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ligeiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviarius, from levis (“light”). Compare Portuguese ligeiro, Spanish ligero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liˈʃejɾʊ]

Adjective

lixeiro (feminine lixeira, masculine plural lixeiros, feminine plural lixeiras)

1. light (of low weight)

   Synonyms: leve, livián

   Antonym: pesado

   • 1481, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 177:

     Iten, preguntado por lo quarto artícolo, etc., diso o dito testigo que pode aver ben quarenta anos que él vira trajer touçiños do seruiçio da dita terra ao abade don Juan, os que eran ricos e tiñan gisado que tragían boos touçiños, e os que eran mays pobres, que lles tragían marraás boas, e outros mays pobres, que lle tragían outras marraás mays ligeyras

     Item, asked on the fourth article, etc, said witness said that some forty years ago he saw how they brought pigs of the service of said property to abbot Don Xoán; the ones who were rich and had a way brought good pigs, and the others who were poorer brought good sows, and others even poorer brought other lighter sows

2. light (gentle)

   Synonyms: maino, suave

3. fast, swift

   Synonym: rápido

   Andemos con paso lixeiro ― Let's walk at a fast pace

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 379:

     Mays Diomedes, que era moy bõo et moy lygeyro, ergeusse moy toste, cõ sua espada ẽna mão, et defendeusse moy ben

     But Diomedes, who was very good and very swift, got up very quickly, with sword in hand, and defended himself very well

4. frivolous

   Synonym: frívolo

5. (of soil) shallow; dry

Derived terms

• Peligeiro (literally “Swiftfoot”) (surname)
• lixeiramente

Adverb

lixeiro

1. quickly, swiftly

   Synonym: rápido

   Andemos lixeiro. ― Let's walk swiftly.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ligeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ligeyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ligeiro” 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), “lixeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “lixeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lixeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From lixo (“garbage”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈʃɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈʃɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈʃej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈʃej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈʃe.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu
• Hyphenation: li‧xei‧ro

Noun

lixeiro m (plural lixeiros, feminine lixeira, feminine plural lixeiras)

1. garbage collector (person who collects and disposes of waste)
2. rubbish bin (small container for waste)

   Synonyms: lixo, lixeira

Further reading

• “lixeiro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913