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Galician
Etymology
From cascallo (“gravel”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cascalleiro (feminine cascalleira, masculine plural cascalleiros, feminine plural cascalleiras)
- gravelly (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- Synonym: cascallento
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cascalleiro”, 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), “cascalleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cascalleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN