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Galician
Etymology
14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese agoyreyro, from agoiro. Cognate with Portuguese agoureiro and Spanish agorero.
Pronunciation
Adjective
agoireiro (feminine agoireira, masculine plural agoireiros, feminine plural agoireiras)
- fatidical
- jinxed
Noun
agoireiro m (plural agoireiros, feminine agoireira, feminine plural agoireiras)
- augur
- Synonym: augur
- diviner, soothsayer
- Synonyms: adiviño, agoirador
Related terms
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
- Hyphenation: a‧goi‧rei‧ro
Adjective
agoireiro (feminine agoireira, masculine plural agoireiros, feminine plural agoireiras)
- Alternative form of agoureiro