mexeriqueiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• mixiriqueiro

Etymology

From mexericas +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meʃeɾiˈkejɾʊ]

Adjective

mexeriqueiro (feminine mexeriqueira, masculine plural mexeriqueiros, feminine plural mexeriqueiras)

1. (archaic) gossipy
   • 18^th century, anonymous, (folksong):

     Paxaro mixiriqueiro

     heiche de cortar o pico

     porque levas os recados

     adonde está don Benito

     gossipy bird

     I will cut your beak

     because you carry the messages

     to where master Benito is

2. whiny
   • 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:

     D’aqui a poucos días
     Que se erguera creo
     Pois non è de casta
     De mixiriqueiros.

     In a few days
     she'll get up, I think,
     because she's not from the species
     of the whiny [ones]

   Synonym: choromicas

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

mexeric(ar) +‎ -eiro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʃe.ɾiˈke(j).ɾu/ [me.ʃe.ɾiˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃɨ.ɾiˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃɨ.ɾiˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃɨ.ɾiˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃɨ.ɾiˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃɨ.ɾiˈke.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: me‧xe‧ri‧quei‧ro

Noun

mexeriqueiro m (plural mexeriqueiros, feminine mexeriqueira, feminine plural mexeriqueiras)

1. gossip (person who gossips often)

   Synonym: (Brazil) fofoqueiro