terreiro

• torreiro, turreiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese terreiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin terrārius, from Latin terra: terra (“earth; country”) +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): /teˈrejɾo/ [t̪eˈrej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: te‧rrei‧ro

terreiro m (plural terreiros)

1. unpaved square, generally facing a public building, where people congregates for announcements and regular markets
   • 1875, Valentín Lamas, Espiñas:

     Botan foguetes,
     toca o gaiteiro,
     As xentes bailan xa
     no turreiro:
     ¡Mirai que gracia
     ten a Sabela!
     Fai unhos puntos
     qu'é groria vé-la

     They fire rockets,
     the bagpiper is playing,
     people are dancing now
     at the square:
     "Watch Sabela,
     so charming!
     She makes such moves
     that it is marvel!"

2. unpaved area
3. (archaic) bailiff

   Synonym: bailío

terreiro (feminine terreira, masculine plural terreiros, feminine plural terreiras)

1. earthy

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese terreiro, from Late Latin terrārius, from Latin terra. By surface analysis, terra +‎ -eiro.

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: ter‧rei‧ro

terreiro m (plural terreiros)

1. unpaved square, generally facing a public building, where people congregate for announcements and regular markets
2. (Brazil, religion) a religious space in various Afro-Brazilian religions
3. area without vegetation surrounding a house, normally in the countryside

• “terreiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025