caldeiro

Galician

caldeiro: Iron Age riveted cauldron, Galicia.
cauldrons and spurs. Coat of arms of the Galician Puga family.

Etymology

From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈdejɾo/

Noun

caldeiro m (plural caldeiros)

  1. cauldron (a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame)
    • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:
      hun espeto et hua fouçe et hun caldeiro de cobre
      a roasting jack and a sickle and a copper cauldron
    Díxolle a pota ao caldeiro: "Achégate aló que me luxas!" (proverb)
    The pot told the cauldron: "Go away, you're going to mess me up!" (the pot calling the kettle black)
  2. bucket

Derived terms

  • caldeira (“large cauldron”)
  • caldeirada (“seafood stew”)
  • carne ao caldeiro (“beef stew”, literally “meat on the cauldron”)

References

  • “caldeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “caldeir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “caldeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “caldeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “caldeiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.