parceiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• aparceiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parceiro, from Late Latin partiārius, from Latin partiō, from pars. Cognate with Portuguese parceiro, Spanish aparcero, Catalan parcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paɾˈθejɾʊ], (western) [paɾˈsejɾʊ]

Noun

parceiro m (plural parceiros, feminine parceira, feminine plural parceiras)

1. sharecropper
2. business partner

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parceiro, from Late Latin partiārius, from Latin partiō, from pars.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈse(j).ɾu/ [pahˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈse(j).ɾu/ [pahˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈse(j).ɾu/ [paɾˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈse(j).ɾu/ [paχˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɻˈse(j).ɾo/ [paɻˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈse.ɾu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: par‧cei‧ro

Noun

parceiro m (plural parceiros, feminine parceira, feminine plural parceiras)

1. partner, sidekick
2. partner (a spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond)
3. (colloquial) fellow, pal

Related terms

• parte

Further reading

• “parceiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “parceiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025