baleiro

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Maybe from Galician balde, and hence the orthography with ⟨b⟩. ==== Alternative forms ==== baldeiro, valeiro ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /baˈlejɾo/ [baˈlej.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ejɾo Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧ro ==== Adjective ==== baleiro (feminine baleira, masculine plural baleiros, feminine plural baleiras) empty Synonym: vacío Antonym: cheo (of cattle) unpregnant ==== Noun ==== baleiro m (plural baleiros) vacuum void ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baleiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== baleiro first-person singular present indicative of baleirar == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps from Portuguese balde, and hence the spelling with ⟨b⟩. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧ro === Adjective === baleiro (feminine baleira, masculine plural baleiros, feminine plural baleiras) (Trás-os-Montes, of cattle) unpregnant === References === Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “baleiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “baleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026