# ferreiro
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro +‎ -eiro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈrejɾo/ [feˈrej.ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -ejɾo

### Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)
* blacksmith (iron forger)
    En cas do ferreiro coitelo de pau. ― In the house of the smith, wooden knife. (proverb)
* blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
    Synonym: ferreiriño
* stingray
    Synonym: estinga

#### Derived terms

* Ferreiro
* Ferreiros
* Ferreirós
* Ferreirous
* Vilaferreiros
* Vilar de Ferreiros

#### Related terms

* ferrador
* ferraría
* ferro

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferreiro”, 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), “ferreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* fereiro, fereyro, ferreyro

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrārius. By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro.

### Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros)
* blacksmith (person who forges iron)

#### Derived terms

* Ferreira

#### Descendants

* Fala: ferreiru
* Galician: ferreiro
* Portuguese: ferreiro
** → Old Tupi: pereru

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fer+e[iyj?ro]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ferre@ro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “ferreiro”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro (compare Galician ferreiro), from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /feˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʁej.ɾu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʁej.ɾu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʁe.ɾu/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: fer‧rei‧ro

### Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)
* blacksmith (iron forger)
    Coordinate terms: ourives, prateiro

#### Related terms

* ferrado
* ferrador
* ferradura
* ferrageiro
* ferragem
* ferragista
* ferramenta
* ferramenteiro
* ferrar
* ferraria
* férreo
* ferro
* ferro-velho
* ferrugem

#### Descendants

* → Old Tupi: pereru