argueiro
Galician
Alternative forms
- algueiro, argoeiro, argüeiro, arguieiro
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese argueiro, from a substrate language,[1] perhaps Celtic (compare argana). Cognate with Old Spanish arguero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈɣejɾo̝/
Noun
argueiro m (plural argueiros)
- speck, mote, fluff
- Ve o algueiro en ollo alleo e non o ve no seu
- He sees the mote in his brother's eye, but not the one in his own eye
- Synonyms: aruxo, lixo
- dung; dropping
- Synonyms: bosta, cagalla
Related terms
- argana
- Arganedo
- Arganosa
References
- “argueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “argueyr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “argueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “algueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “argueiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “argueiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Pensado, José Luis; Messner, Dieter (2003), “argueyro”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7), A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN
Portuguese
Noun
argueiro m (plural argueiros)
- fluff (tiny, light piece of material)
- (figurative) fluff (something that is insignificant)
- Synonym: ninharia