Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -eyro (obsolete)

Suffix

-eiro m ‎(feminine -eira, plural -eiros, feminine plural -eiras)

1. forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer

   cozinha ‎(“kitchen”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cozinheiro ‎(“cook”)

   aventura ‎(“adventure”) + ‎-eiro → ‎aventureiro ‎(“adventurer”)

   companhia ‎(“company”) + ‎-eiro → ‎companheiro ‎(“companion”)

2. forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location” and adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”

   Brasil ‎(“Brazil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎brasileiro ‎(“Brazilian”)

   costa ‎(“coast”) + ‎-eiro → ‎costeiro ‎(“of the coast; someone who lives by the coast”)

3. forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs

   pêssego ‎(“peach fruit”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pessegueiro ‎(“peach tree”)

   rosa ‎(“rose”) + ‎-eira → ‎roseira ‎(“rosebush”)

4. (usually feminine) forms nouns, from nouns or adjectives, denoting a state, property or quality of being the suffixed adjective or having the suffixed noun; -ity, -ness

   sujo ‎(“filthy”) + ‎-eira → ‎sujeira ‎(“filth”)

   besta ‎(“foolish”) + ‎-eira → ‎besteira ‎(“foolery”)

   nojo ‎(“disgust”) + ‎-eira → ‎nojeira ‎(“something disgusting”)

5. forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun

   lama ‎(“mud”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lameiro ‎(“place with a lot of mud”)

6. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting a place where the suffixed verb is likely to occur

   atolar ‎(“to bog down”) + ‎-eiro → ‎atoleiro ‎(“place where vehicles bog down frequently”)

7. forms the names of trees, often synonyms

   carvalho ‎(“oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎carvalheira ‎(“English oak”)

   azinho ‎(“holm oak”) + ‎-eira → ‎azinheira ‎(“holm oak”)

   pinho ‎(“pine tree”) + ‎-eiro → ‎pinheiro ‎(“pine tree”)

8. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container for the suffixed noun

   lápis ‎(“pencil”) + ‎-eiro → ‎lapiseiro ‎(“pencil case”)

   sal ‎(“salt”) + ‎-eiro → ‎saleiro ‎(“salt cellar”)

9. forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”, and nouns meaning “a ship which transports the suffixed noun”

   carga ‎(“cargo; load”) + ‎-eiro → ‎cargueiro ‎(“which transports cargo”)

   navio ‎(“ship”) + negro ‎(“black person”) + ‎-eiro → ‎navio-negreiro ‎(“slave ship”)

   petróleo ‎(“petroleum”) + ‎-eiro → ‎petroleiro ‎(“oil tanker”)

10. forms nouns, from the name of a drug, denoting someone who is addicted to the drug; -head

    maconha ‎(“marijuana”) + ‎-eiro → ‎maconheiro ‎(“stoner; pothead”)

11. forms nouns and adjectives, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun

    metal ‎(“heavy metal”) + ‎-eiro → ‎metaleiro ‎(“metalhead”)

    novela ‎(“soap opera”) + ‎-eiro → ‎noveleiro ‎(“fan of soap operas”)

Synonyms

• (someone who works with something): -ário, -dor, -ista
• (plant which bears something): pé-de-
• (state, property or quality): -ice, -ície, -eza
• (place with plenty of something): -al
• (place where something occurs): -douro
• (of a location): -ano, -ão, -ense, -ês, -iço

Related terms

• -ário