tenreiro

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1150 inside local Latin documents. From tenro (“tender”) +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish ternero.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tenˈrejɾʊ]

Adjective

tenreiro m (feminine singular tenreira, masculine plural tenreiros, feminine plural tenreiras)

  1. (dated) tender, young

Noun

tenreiro f (plural tenreiros)

  1. calf
    Synonyms: cucho, pucho, tenreira, xato

References
  • “tenreiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “tenreiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “tenreiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “tenreiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Noun

tenreiro m (plural tenreiros)

  1. (obsolete) calf (young bull)
    Synonyms: bezerro, novilho, almalho, vítulo, vitelo, terneiro
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