pedreira

== Galician == === Etymology === From Pedra (“stone”) +‎ -eira. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peˈðɾejɾa̝/ === Noun === pedreira f (plural pedreiras) quarry Synonym: canteira rocky place Synonym: pedregal (archaic) catapult (fishing) sinker line of a net Synonym: chumbada ==== Derived terms ==== Pedreira ==== Related terms ==== pedra === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pedreira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pedreira”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedreira”, 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), “pedreira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pedreira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejrɐ, -erɐ, -ɐjɾɐ Hyphenation: pe‧drei‧ra === Etymology 1 === From pedra +‎ -eira. Piecewise doublet of pedraria. ==== Noun ==== pedreira f (plural pedreiras) quarry (place where stone is extracted) Synonym: canteira barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) (Brazil, colloquial) grind (very tiring and demanding activity or task) === Etymology 2 === From pedreiro +‎ -a. ==== Noun ==== pedreira f (plural pedreiras) female equivalent of pedreiro === Further reading === “pedreira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pedreira” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “pedreira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “pedreira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “pedreira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026