# candeeiro
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since the 13th century: candea +‎ -eiro. Compare Portuguese candeeiro and Spanish candelero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kandeˈejɾo/ [kɑn̪.d̪eˈej.ɾʊ]
** Rhymes: -ejɾo
* IPA: /kanˈdjejɾo/ [kɑn̪ˈd̪jej.ɾʊ]
** Rhymes: -ejɾo
* Hyphenation: can‧de‧ei‧ro

### Noun

candeeiro m (plural candeeiros)
* candle holder, candlestick
** 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:
    Iten dous candeiros de ferro, hun rello de rellar pan, hun qestella de mantees cobertoyrasItem, two iron candlesticks, a scrapper for bread, a basket with tablecloths
* lamp
** 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:Non sei qué xuncras traguía na moleira o Seor Pedro, que o vin no outro onte carreirando, como un neno, e axuntando aos seus veciños, pra que onde ao seu palleiro fosen axiña a agoardá-lo; Eu non sei si un formigueiro de vermes lle boligaban entre os miolos dos sesos, pois semellaba a un doente, pro casi arrincando os pelos de debaixo da monteira, sin ton, nin son, e sin xeito; Eu non sei qué lle proía, eu non sei, si tiña o demo; porque os folgos eran fogos e os ollos dous candeeiros, e a cara toda prigada, amostrando os seus chavellos coa boca de un palmo aberta, babexado o fuciñeiro, parecía un estraloxe, un estraloxe de un velloI don't know what damned thing was bringing in his head Mr. Pedro, whom I saw the day before yesterday running around, as a kid, and gathering his neighbours asking them to come swiftly to his barn and wait for him; I don't know if a colony of worms was scampering around the center of his brains, because he looked as a madman, almost pulling out the hair from under the hat, without rhyme of reason, and without care; I don't know what was itching him, I don't know if he was possessed by a demon; because his breath was fire and the eyes two lamps, and the face all folded, showing his fangs with mouth open wide, the snout drooling, he looked as a ravel, an old man's ravel
* (figurative) leg

#### Related terms

* candea
* candelabro
* Candeloria
* Candieira
* Candieiras
* candil

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “candeeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “candeeyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “candeeiro”, 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), “candeeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “candeeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* candieiro (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

From candeia (“oil lamp”) +‎ -eiro, from Old Galician-Portuguese candea (“candle”), from Latin candēla. Or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *candelārius.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.deˈe(j).ɾu/ [kɐ̃.deˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /kɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈe(j).ɾu/ [kɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒje(j).ɾu/ [kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.deˈe(j).ɾu/ [kɐ̃.deˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /kɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈe(j).ɾu/ [kɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒje(j).ɾu/ [kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.deˈe(j).ɾo/ [kɐ̃.deˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈdjɐj.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈdjɐj.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈdjej.ɾu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈdjej.ɾu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈdje.ɾu/
* Hyphenation: can‧de‧ei‧ro

### Noun

candeeiro m (plural candeeiros)
* sconce, lamp, torch
* oil lamp (lamp using oil as fuel)
    Synonym: lampião
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 57:Para bem dizer, não se accendiam candieiros na casa.Strictly speaking, no lamps were lit in the house.
* (Portugal) street lamp (large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area)

#### Derived terms

* candeeirinho (diminutive), candeeirozinho (diminutive)

#### Related terms

* candeia
* candela
* candelabro
* candelária
* candeliça

### See also

* lâmpada

### References

* ↑ http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/candeeiro