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carneiro

Pronunciation: /kaɾ.ˈnej.ɾo̝/

“carneiro” is a Galician word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. a stubborn person
  3. boor (an uncultured person)
  4. warty venus (Venus verrucosa)
  5. common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)
  6. prickly cockle (Acanthocardia echinata)
  7. Aries (someone with an Aries star sign)
  8. a foamy wave

adjective

  1. stubborn
  2. boorish

In Galician

  1. (, ) Ruminante macho, con abondosa pelaxe de la, cornos en espiral e de nome científico Ovis aries.
  2. (, ) (') Berberecho.
  3. Berberecho bravo.
  4. Pinchacarneiro.
  5. Onda do mar con pouca altura e con escuma.
  6. Dise daquel que insiste na súa forma de actuar e nas súas ideas, mesmo ante a evidencia de saberse trabucado.
  7. Rudo, brutiño, que amosa pouca delicadeza ou educación.
  8. Persoa testana.
  9. Persoa ruda.
  10. Aries.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carneiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Portuguese carneiro and Spanish carnero.

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