mensageiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• messageiro (obsolete)

Etymology

From mensagem (“message”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”) (compare Galician mensaxeiro, Spanish mensajero), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missāticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“to send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: men‧sa‧gei‧ro

Noun

mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)

1. messenger (one who brings messages)
2. mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)

   Synonyms: carteiro, correio, estafeta

3. (figurative) herald; harbinger

   Synonyms: arauto, precursor

Derived terms

• mensageiro químico

 

Related terms

• mensageiria
• mensagem