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Barreiro.

Barreiro (a city, municipality, and former civil parish in Setúbal district, Portugal, on the south side of the Tagus)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/baˈʁe(j).ɾu/Brazil[baˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]Brazil/baˈʁe(j).ɾu/Rio-de-Janeiro[baˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. Barreiro (a city, municipality, and former civil parish in Setúbal district, Portugal, on the south side of the Tagus)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese barro Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro Portuguese -eiro Portuguese barreiro Portuguese Barreiro From barreiro (“clay pit”), from barro (“mud, clay”) or -eiro.

name/baˈʁe(j).ɾu/Brazil[baˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]Brazil/baˈʁe(j).ɾu/Rio-de-Janeiro[baˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. a surname

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese barro Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro Portuguese -eiro Portuguese barreiro Portuguese Barreiro From barreiro (“clay pit”), from barro (“mud, clay”) or -eiro.

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