mensageiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

messageiro (obsolete)

Etymology

Mensagem (“message”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missaticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmẽ.sa.ˈʒe(j).ɾo/

Noun

mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)

messenger (one who brings messages)
mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)
(figuratively) herald; harbinger

Synonyms

(mailman): carteiro, correio, estafeta
(harbinger): arauto, precursor

Derived terms

mensageiro químico

Related terms

mensageiria
mensagem

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