Noun: sorteira
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | sorteira |
| Plural f | sorteiras |
Sample Sentences
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¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende. («Stop, stop! You a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are fantasies that God forbids. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.») [1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:]
Nouns inflected like sorteira
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 sorteira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), corresponding to sorte (“fate, fortune”) + eira (feminine occupational suffix). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
sorteira'.
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