pedreira.
quarry (place where stone is extracted)
Meaning & usage
quarry (place where stone is extracted)
barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
grind (very tiring and demanding activity or task)
Where this word comes from
From pedra + -eira. Piecewise doublet of pedraria.
female equivalent of pedreiro
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Portuguese pedreiro Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Latin -am Old Galician-Portuguese -a Portuguese -a Portuguese pedreira From pedreiro + -a.
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