barreiro

Barro (“mud, clay”) +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): /baˈrejɾo̝/

barreiro m (plural barreiros)

1. slough (muddy area)
2. clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)
3. cliff, drop, ravine

   Synonyms: cantil, cavorco

4. (ornithology) swift (Apus apus)

   Synonyms: birrio, cirrio

• Barreiro
• Barreiros
• Subarreiro

barreiro (feminine barreira, masculine plural barreiros, feminine plural barreiras)

1. muddy

• Fonte barreira

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barreiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barreiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barreyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barreiro”, 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), “barreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “barreiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From barro (“mud”) +‎ -eiro.

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• Homophone: Barreiro
• Hyphenation: bar‧rei‧ro

barreiro m (plural barreiros)

1. slough (muddy area)

   Synonyms: barral, lamaçal

2. clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)

• barral
• barrento
• barro
• barroso