# -eiro
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -ārius and -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Portuguese -eiro, Spanish -ero.

### Suffix

-eiro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eiros, feminine -eira, feminine plural -eiras)
* forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer
    ‎xardín (“garden”) + ‎-eiro → ‎xardineiro (“gardener”)
* forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location” and adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”
    ‎costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“of the coast; someone who lives by the coast”)
* forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs
    ‎pexego (“peach fruit”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pexegueiro (“peach tree”)
* forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a container or a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun
    ‎roupa (“clothes”) + ‎-eiro → ‎roupeiro (“wardrobe”)

#### Derived terms
## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ārius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈejɾo/
* Rhymes: -ejɾo
* Hyphenation: -ei‧ro

### Suffix

-eiro m (feminine -eira)
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting someone who works or is involved with the suffixed noun
    ‎guerra (“war”) + ‎-eiro → ‎guerreiro (“warrior”)

#### Descendants

* Galician: -eiro
* Portuguese: -eiro, -eyro (obsolete), -deiro
** Macanese: -êro

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* -eyro (obsolete)
* -deiro

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -ārius and -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Galician -eiro, Spanish -ero. Doublet of the borrowed suffix -ário.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe(j).ɾu/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe(j).ɾu/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈe(j).ɾo/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈej.ɾu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈej.ɾu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈe.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu

### Suffix

-eiro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eiros, feminine -eira, feminine plural -eiras)
* forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer
    Synonyms: -ário, -dor, -ista
    ‎cozinha (“kitchen”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cozinheiro (“cook”)
    ‎aventura (“adventure”) + ‎-eiro → ‎aventureiro (“adventurer”)
    ‎companhia (“company”) + ‎-eiro → ‎companheiro (“companion”)
* forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location”
    Synonyms: -ano, -ão, -ense, -ês, -iço
    ‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎brasileiro (“Brazilian”)
    ‎costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“someone who lives by the coast”)
* forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs
    Synonym: pé-de-
    ‎pêssego (“peach fruit”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pessegueiro (“peach tree”)
    ‎rosa (“rose”) + ‎-eira → ‎roseira (“rosebush”)
* (usually feminine) forms nouns, from nouns or adjectives, denoting a state, property or quality of being the suffixed adjective or having the suffixed noun; -ity, -ness
    Synonyms: -eza, -ice
    ‎sujo (“filthy”) + ‎-eira → ‎sujeira (“filth”)
    ‎besta (“foolish”) + ‎-eira → ‎besteira (“foolery”)
    ‎nojo (“disgust”) + ‎-eira → ‎nojeira (“something disgusting”)
* forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun
    Synonym: -al
    ‎lama (“mud”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lameiro (“place with a lot of mud”)
* forms nouns, from verbs, denoting a place where the suffixed verb is likely to occur
    Synonym: -douro
    ‎atolar (“to bog down”) + ‎-eiro → ‎atoleiro (“place where vehicles bog down frequently”)
* forms the names of trees, often synonyms
    ‎carvalho (“oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎carvalheira (“English oak”)
    ‎azinho (“holm oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎azinheira (“holm oak”)
    ‎pinho (“pine tree”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pinheiro (“pine tree”)
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container for the suffixed noun
    ‎lápis (“pencil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lapiseiro (“pencil case”)
    ‎sal (“salt”) + ‎-eiro → ‎saleiro (“salt cellar”)
* forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”, and nouns meaning “a ship which transports the suffixed noun”
    ‎carga (“cargo; load”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cargueiro (“which transports cargo”)
    ‎navio (“ship”) + ‎negro (“black person”) + ‎-eiro → ‎navio-negreiro (“slave ship”)
    ‎petróleo (“petroleum”) + ‎-eiro → ‎petroleiro (“oil tanker”)
* forms nouns, from the name of a drug, denoting someone who is addicted to the drug; -head
    ‎maconha (“marijuana”) + ‎-eiro → ‎maconheiro (“stoner; pothead”)
* forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun
    ‎metal (“heavy metal”) + ‎-eiro → ‎metaleiro (“metalhead”)
    ‎novela (“soap opera”) + ‎-eiro → ‎noveleiro (“fan of soap operas”)

### Suffix

-eiro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eira, masculine plural -eiros, feminine plural -eiras)
* forms adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”
    Synonyms: -ano, -ão, -ense, -ês, -iço
    ‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎brasileiro (“Brazilian”)
    ‎costa (“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro (“of the coast”)
* forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”
    ‎carga (“cargo; load”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cargueiro (“which transports cargo”)
* forms adjectives, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun
    ‎metal (“heavy metal”) + ‎-eiro → ‎metaleiro (“metalhead (relational)”)

### Descendants

* Macanese: -êro

### Related terms

* -ário