mensageiro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- messageiro (obsolete)
Etymology
From mensagem (“message”) + -eiro (“-eer”) (compare Galician mensaxeiro, Spanish mensajero), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missāticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“to send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾu/ [mẽ.saˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.saˈʒe(j).ɾo/ [mẽ.saˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒɐj.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.sɐˈʒe.ɾu/
Noun
mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)
- messenger (one who brings messages)
- mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
- Synonyms: carteiro, correio, estafeta
- (figurative) herald; harbinger
- Synonyms: arauto, precursor
Derived terms
- mensageiro químico
Related terms
- mensageiria
- mensagem