mesteiral

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese mesteiral (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin ministerialis, from ministerium. Cognate with Spanish menestral. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mestejˈɾal] === Noun === mesteiral m (plural mesteirais) handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual laborer) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mesteiral”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “mesteiral” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesteiral”, 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), “mesteiral”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese mesteiral, from Medieval Latin ministerialis. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mes‧tei‧ral === Noun === mesteiral m (plural mesteirais) (archaic) handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual labourer) === Further reading === “mesteiral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mesteiral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026