Dear Bwana Maciel, My understanding is that in standard (Lisbon) Portuguese today there is no common usage of the term. Consider the following: Head waiter - Chefe de mesa Waiter - Empregado de mesa Waiter's assistant - Ajudante de empregado de mesa Table servant - Empregado de mesa Waiter - Garçom
Garçom is the most common term today and is a borrowing from French "Garcon". However, in the past a polite term for a waiter was "creado de meza" or simply "Creado". I believe it was derived from a Spanish term "creador de la mesa" meaning literally the person who "created [the setting for] the table". By the way the term only applies to a male waiter. Regards Cliff ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Mervyn Maciel <[email protected]> Sent: 28 November 2024 1:45 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GRN] Creado de meza Literally - “Servant of the table!” Sounds odd though! Mervyn Maciel Sent from my iPhone On 28 Nov 2024, at 05:43, 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> wrote: Dear members, I would like to know what would be the best interpretation of this term "creado de meza". This is a 19th century term used in a letter dated 1889, and does it correspond to the English 19th century equivalent of "head servant" or better still "table servant." All best wishes, Selma -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/328044951.450055.1732119273218%40mail.yahoo.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/328044951.450055.1732119273218%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/34362694-83F6-4A21-9472-4A0FBA0EB20E%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/34362694-83F6-4A21-9472-4A0FBA0EB20E%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/TYWPR01MB1137961F6293574AA0D6CFA3FBB2A2%40TYWPR01MB11379.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com.
