azeiteiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From azeite (“olive oil”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zejˈte(j).ɾu/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zejˈte(j).ɾo/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zɐjˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zejˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zejˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zeˈte.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: a‧zei‧tei‧ro
Noun
azeiteiro m (plural azeiteiros, feminine azeiteira, feminine plural azeiteiras)
- a person involved in the production or sale of olive oil; oilman
- (Portugal, colloquial) a tasteless person
- (Brazil, colloquial) a womanizer
Further reading
- “azeiteiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “azeiteiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026