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Galician
Etymology
From raspiñar (“to filch”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
raspiñeiro m (plural raspiñeiros, feminine raspiñeira, feminine plural raspiñeiras)
- filcher, pilferer, thief
1843, anonymous author, Cambados, 1836:Os presentes son testigos
d’o que suceder m’acaba
è de com’Anton Portèla
de raspiñèiro me trata.- those present are witnesses
of what has just happened to me
and as how Antón Portela
treat me like I am a thief
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raspiñeiro”, 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), “raspiñeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raspiñeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN