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

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (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]
 

  • Hyphenation: tes‧tei‧ra

Noun

testeira f (plural testeiras)

  1. headband (strip of fabric worn around the head)
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