peteiro

Galician

Etymology 1

19th century. Onomatopoeic: from *pett- + -eiro.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈtejɾo̝/

Noun

peteiro m (plural peteiros)

  1. beak (of a bird)
  2. (figurative) mouth
  3. mound, heap; haystack
  4. type of peak

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “picar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

peteiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of peteirar