camareiro

Attested since the 14th century. From Latin camerarius.

• IPA^(key): /kamaˈɾejɾo/ [kɑ.maˈɾej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧rei‧ro

camareiro m (plural camareiros, feminine camareira, feminine plural camareiras)

1. (historical) chamberlain, camerlengo
2. waiter

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “camareiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camareiro”, 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), “camareiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camareiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “camareiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Latin camerārius.^[1][2] By surface analysis, câmara +‎ -eiro.

camareiro m (plural camareiros, feminine camareira, feminine plural camareiras)

1. chamberlain (officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign)
2. chamberlain (a high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo)
3. steward, valet (hotel employee)