grabateiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin grabatarius. By surface analysis, grabato +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.baˈte(j).ɾu/ [ɡɾa.baˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.baˈte(j).ɾo/ [ɡɾa.baˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ.bɐˈtɐj.ɾu/ [ɡɾɐ.βɐˈtɐj.ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ.bɐˈtej.ɾu/ [ɡɾɐ.βɐˈtej.ɾu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ.bɐˈtej.ɾu/ [ɡɾɐ.βɐˈtej.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ.bɐˈte.ɾu/ [ɡɾɐ.βɐˈte.ɾu]

  • Rhymes: -eɾu, -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu
  • Hyphenation: gra‧ba‧tei‧ro

Noun

grabateiro m (plural grabateiros)

  1. (archaic, historical) bed maker
  2. (archaic) designation given to the person who was baptized when they thought the time of death had arrived (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

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