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pedreiro

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Galician

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Pedreiro or canteiro

Etymology

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From pedra (stone) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pedreiro m (plural pedreiros, feminine pedreira, feminine plural pedreiras)

  1. stonemason
    Synonym: canteiro
    • 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 207:
      mando que non possan tomar as ditas pesoas et coengos et homes boos da dita iglesia por panigoados os ofiçiales conuen a saber os carpenteiros et pedreiros et carniçeyros et ferreyros et çapateyros et peliteyros et mercadores
      I command that no churchman could take for a stooge any official, i.e., the carpenters and stonemasons and butchers and smiths and shoemakers and furriers and merchants
  2. landmark
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedreiro, from pedra (rock) + -eiro (-eer), or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *petrārius, from Latin petra (rock), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, stone, rock). Compare Spanish pedrero, Asturian pedreru, Catalan pedrer, Occitan peirièr, Romanian pietrar.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: pe‧drei‧ro

Noun

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pedreiro m (plural pedreiros, feminine pedreira, feminine plural pedreiras)

  1. mason; builder; bricklayer
    Synonyms: alvanel, construtor, obreiro

Derived terms

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