toupeira

 

• teipeira, teipoeira, teupoeira, tiopeira, toupiñeira, tupieira

From toupa (“mole”) +‎ -eira. Compare Portuguese toupeira and French taupinière.

• IPA^(key): [towˈpejɾɐ]

toupeira f (plural toupeiras)

1. molehill

   Synonym: terregueiro

2. (regional, southern) mole

toupeira m or f by sense (plural toupeiras)

1. (regional, figurative) dull person

• toupa

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toupeira”, 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), “toupeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toupeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toupiñeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

 

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

toupeira

Wikipedia ^pt

 

From Latin talpa (“mole”) +‎ -eira.

• Hyphenation: tou‧pei‧ra

toupeira f (plural toupeiras)

1. mole (burrowing insectivore)

   Synonym: talpídeo

2. (derogatory) fool, idiot (stupid person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota