veiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese veiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin varius (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbejɾʊ]

Adjective

veiro (feminine veira, masculine plural veiros, feminine plural veiras)

1. variegated, pied

   Synonyms: pégaro, pinto

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 291:

     tomou Jacob varas de olmos, et de almendras, et de pladayros, et en talloas, et donde lles tyraua acorteça ficauã blancas, et dondelles la leyxaua eram verdes, et faziam se em ellas duas colores; et ẽno tẽpo queos gaãdos andauã em çeos pera cõçeber daua lles abeber em [hũus] canales, et ponya estas varas ante elles, tam bem aos machos, cõmo áás femeas, aly hu beuyam por que catassem pera ellas, et parando mentes em ellas que fezessem os fillos veyros, et [asi] foy

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   • 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de diputados:

     Hastra mesmo comprou coche con dúas grans bestas veiras que disque son estranxeiras

     He even bought a cart with two large pied horses, which they say are foreign

Derived terms

• pena veira (“stoat fur”)

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 14 November 2013

Etymology

From Latin varius (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβej.ɾo/

Adjective

veiro m (plural veiros, feminine veira, feminine plural veiras)

1. (of an animal) having black and white spots
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 213 (facsimile):

     maſ a qual pte o demo foi per rẽ nono ſentiron nen uirõ ſol per u fora fogind en ſa egua ueira

     But they could not realise nor see where the devil went at all, only the place through which he was fleeing on his mottled mare.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese veiro, from Latin varius. Doublet of vário.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(j).ɾu/ [ˈve(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(j).ɾo/ [ˈve(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɾu/

Noun

veiro m (plural veiros)

1. (heraldry) vair