baleiro

Unknown. Maybe from Galician balde, and hence the orthography with <b>.

• baldeiro, valeiro

• IPA^(key): /baˈlejɾo/ [baˈlej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧ro

baleiro (feminine baleira, masculine plural baleiros, feminine plural baleiras)

1. empty

   Synonym: vacío

   Antonym: cheo

2. (of cattle) unpregnant

baleiro m (plural baleiros)

1. vacuum
2. void

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

baleiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of baleirar

Unknown. Perhaps from Portuguese balde, and hence the spelling with ⟨b⟩.

• Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧ro

baleiro (feminine baleira, masculine plural baleiros, feminine plural baleiras)

1. (Trás-os-Montes, of cattle) unpregnant

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN