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Galician
Etymology
From borra (“grounds”) + -eiro; wax is usually a subproduct of the production of honey.
Pronunciation
Noun
borreiro m (plural borreiros, feminine borreira, feminine plural borreiras)
- wax dealer
- bunghole made in the head of a barrel
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “borreiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “borreiro”, 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), “borreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “borreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN