agoireiro

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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)

  1. fatidical
  2. jinxed

Noun

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

  1. augur
    Synonym: augur
  2. 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)

  1. Alternative form of agoureiro