parteira
Portuguese
Etymology
Parto (“birth; delivery”) + -eira (“-eer”), from Old Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“I bring forth, I give birth to, I produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).
Pronunciation
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /paɻ.ˈte(j).ɾa/
Noun
parteira f (plural parteiras)
- midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)
- feminine equivalent of parteiro
Related terms
- parto