Noun: besteiro
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | besteiro |
| Plural f | besteiros |
Sample Sentences
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Et ena vila auia moytos boos beesteyros, que du elles feriã nõ tĩjna prol escudo nẽ outra arma (In this town there were many good crossbowmen, and where they hit, the shield or other weapons were useless) [1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 323:]
Nouns inflected like besteiro
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese baesteiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ballistarius. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
baesteiro', Latin Nouns '
ballistarius'.
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