agoireiro

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese agoyreyro, from agoiro. Cognate with Portuguese agoureiro and Spanish agorero.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɣojˈɾejɾo̝/

Adjective

agoireiro (feminine agoireira, masculine plural agoireiros, feminine plural agoireiras)

  1. fatidical
  2. jinxed

Noun

agoireiro m (plural agoireiros, feminine agoireira, feminine plural agoireiras)

  1. augur
    Synonym: augur
  2. diviner, soothsayer
    Synonyms: adiviño, agoirador

References
  • “agoyreyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “agoyr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “agoireiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “agoireiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From agoira +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡojˈɾe(j).ɾu/ [a.ɡoɪ̯ˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡojˈɾe(j).ɾo/ [a.ɡoɪ̯ˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡojˈɾɐj.ɾu/ [ɐ.ɣojˈɾɐj.ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡojˈɾej.ɾu/ [ɐ.ɣojˈɾej.ɾu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡojˈɾej.ɾu/ [ɐ.ɣojˈɾej.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡojˈɾe.ɾu/ [ɐ.ɣojˈɾe.ɾu]

  • Hyphenation: a‧goi‧rei‧ro

Adjective

agoireiro (feminine agoireira, masculine plural agoireiros, feminine plural agoireiras)

  1. Alternative form of agoureiro
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