espadeiro

Galician

espadeiro grapes

Etymology

Attested since circa 1295 (espadeyro). From espada (“sword”) +‎ -eiro, and Late Latin spatharius (“bodyguard”), from Latin spatha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [espaˈðejɾʊ]

Noun

espadeiro m (plural espadeiros)

1. (historical) king's bodyguard, spatharius
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 900:

     auya hũ home boo ẽnas Asturas et auia nume don Payo, et ffora espadeyro del rrey Rrodrigo

     there was a good man in Asturias, whose name was Pelagius, who had been bodyguard of king Roderic

2. swordmaker
   • 1488, M. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 353:

     G(om)es A(lvar)es sarraleyro e Pero Fernandes espadeyro vesinnos da dita cidade

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. local variety of black grape
4. fishing boat specialized in the capture of swordfish

Related terms

• espada

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espadeyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espadeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espadeiro”, 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), “espadeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espadeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From espada +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [is.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /es.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [es.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [is.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /es.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [es.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [iʃ.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /eʃ.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [eʃ.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.paˈde(j).ɾo/ [es.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdɐj.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðɐj.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdɐj.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðɐj.ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdej.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdej.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðej.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈde.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðe.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: es‧pa‧dei‧ro

Noun

espadeiro m (plural espadeiros, feminine espadeira, feminine plural espadeiras)

1. swordsmith (maker of swords)
2. swordsman (a person skilled at using swords)

   Synonym: espadachim