seareiro

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seareiro. By surface analysis, seara (cornfield; day labor) +‎ eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seaˈɾejɾo̝/, /sjaˈɾejɾo̝/

Noun

seareiro m (plural seareiros, feminine seareira, feminine plural seareiras)

  1. (dated) day laborer
  2. regular customer, patron
  3. (sports) fan, supporter
    Synonym: afeccionado

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

sẽara (cornfield; day labor) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

seareiro m (plural seareiros)

  1. (Galicia) day laborer
    • 1329, Mª Beatriz Vaquero Díaz, editor, Colección diplomática do mosteiro de Celanova, →ISBN, page 165:
      por este ano primeiro vos fazemos merçede dos seareiros do dito moesteiro de cada un seu dia para tapar o dito terreo
      this first year we will gratefully pay for the laborers of said monastery for each day they employ in enclosing that terrain

Descendants

  • Galician: seareiro