mensageiro

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mensagem (“message”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”) (compare Galician mensaxeiro, Spanish mensajero), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missāticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“to send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾo/
 

  • Hyphenation: men‧sa‧gei‧ro

Noun

mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)

  1. messenger (one who brings messages)
  2. mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
    Synonyms: carteiro, correio, estafeta
  3. (figurative) herald; harbinger
    Synonyms: arauto, precursor

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