coveiro
Portuguese
Etymology
Cova (“grave”) + -eiro
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ˈvɐj.ɾu/, /ku.ˈvej.ɾu/, /kɔ.ˈvɐj.ɾu/, /kɔ.ˈvej.ɾu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ˈvej.ɾʊ/
- Hyphenation: co‧vei‧ro
Noun
coveiro m (plural coveiros, feminine coveira, feminine plural coveiras)
- gravedigger (a person employed to dig graves)