argueiro

Galician

Alternative forms
  • algueiro, argoeiro, argüeiro, arguieiro

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese argueiro, from a substrate language,[1] perhaps Celtic (compare argana). Cognate with Old Spanish arguero.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɾˈɣejɾo̝/

Noun

argueiro m (plural argueiros)

  1. speck, mote, fluff
    Ve o algueiro en ollo alleo e non o ve no seu
    He sees the mote in his brother's eye, but not the one in his own eye
    Synonyms: aruxo, lixo
  2. dung; dropping
    Synonyms: bosta, cagalla

References
  • “argueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “argueyr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “argueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “algueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “argueiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “argueiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Pensado, José Luis; Messner, Dieter (2003), “argueyro”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7), A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

argueiro m (plural argueiros)

  1. fluff (tiny, light piece of material)
  2. (figurative) fluff (something that is insignificant)
    Synonym: ninharia
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