testeira

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From testa (“front”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛsˈtejɾa̝/

Noun

testeira m (plural testeiras)

1. frontal, façade

   Synonym: fachada

2. headboard, bedhead

   Synonym: cabeceira

3. side, boundary

   Synonym: estremeira

   • 1447, M. del Carmen Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 327:

     Item mays o pardinneiro que esta enna testeira da vinna onde esta a figueira bordiando et outro meo pardinneiro que esta na testeira [da] dita vinna con a carvalla que esta iunto con o dito meo pardinneiro.

     Item, the ruins that are on the side of the vineyard where there is a bordering fig tree, and another half of a ruined building that is on the side of the aforementioned vineyard with the old oak tree that is next to this ruin.

Adjective

testeira f sg

1. feminine singular of testeiro

   Synonym: estremeira

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “testeyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “testeira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “testeira”, 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), “testeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From testa +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tesˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [tesˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tesˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [tesˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʃˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [teʃˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tesˈte(j).ɾa/ [tesˈte(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨʃˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨʃˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨʃˈtej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨʃˈtej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨʃˈte.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: tes‧tei‧ra

Noun

testeira f (plural testeiras)

1. headband (strip of fabric worn around the head)
2. headstall (the part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head)

Further reading

• “testeira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024