torticeiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torticeyro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Blend of torto (tort) +‎ xusticeiro (righteous).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [toɾtiˈθejɾʊ]

Adjective

torticeiro (feminine torticeira, masculine plural torticeiros, feminine plural torticeiras)

  1. (literary) tortious
    Antonym: xusticeiro

References

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