can

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem. Cognate with Portuguese cão.

inh+

Cando o can ladra na rúa, non ladra de balde.

When the dog barks in the street, it does not bark for nothing


bongo

Tragelaphus eurycerus
Tragelaphus eurycerus#Translingual


burro

gl-noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

burros (plural)
burra (feminine)
burras (feminine plural)

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).


pato

gl-noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)

patos (plural)
pata (feminine)
patas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pato, borrowed from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ).


rato

13th century. Obscure. From a family of words common to most Romance and Germanic languages; the Germanic origin of this family of words is not universally accepted. Compare English rat.

unk

Obscure

(computer hardware) mouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)


ra

From Old Galician-Portuguese rãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rana.


lagarto

[lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ.t̪ʊ]

[lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ.t̪ʊ]

[lɑˈħɑɾ.t̪ʊ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.


cabra

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin capra.

Helicolenus dactylopterus
Wikispecies:Helicolenus dactylopterus

blackbelly rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus)

(in the plural) stains in the legs caused by excessive heat

Serranus cabrilla
Wikispecies:Serranus cabrilla


elefante

gl-noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)

elefantes (plural)
elefanta (feminine)
elefantas (feminine plural)

Etymology tree
Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-
Egyptian ꜣbwbor.?
Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās)bor.
Latin elephāslbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese elefante
Galician elefante
From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).


lobo

gl-noun

lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

lobos (plural)
loba (feminine)
lobas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus. Compare Portuguese and Spanish lobo.


paxaro

gl-noun

paxaro m (plural paxaros, feminine paxara, feminine plural paxaras)

paxaros (plural)
paxara (feminine)
paxaras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese passaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, from Latin passer, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.
Cognate with Portuguese pássaro and Spanish pájaro.

etymon

passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes)


gato

gl-noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

gatos (plural)
gata (feminine)
gatas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus. See cat for more.

Et auia muy grã mortaydade ẽnos poboos da vila con fome, et con coyta comiã os gatos et os caes et os mures

c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 528:

And they had a big mortality among the people of the town with hunger, and with grief they ate the cats and the dogs and the mice


ave

From Old Galician-Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.


porco

From Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).


tasca

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ (“bag, pouch”).


tasca

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tasko- (“peg”).


polo

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95

Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown

Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.

chick (young bird, especially a chicken)


pito

ſſete ouellas τ dous años τ ſſete cabras τ quatro cabritos τ duas porcas τ mea doutra τ hũa porcalla con ſſeus fillos τ dose patas τ treσe gallinas cõ quatorze pĩtoos

1348, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 159:

seven sheep and two lambs and seven goats and four kids and two sows and a half and a sow with her sons and twelve ducks and thirteen hens with fourteen chicks


barbo

Attested since circa 1590. From Latin barbus.


cervo

From Old Galician-Portuguese cervo, from Latin cervus.


boto

Either onomatopoeic, or from the same Germanic origin as Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs). Compare Dutch bot (“blunt, dull”).

Grampus griseus
Grampus griseus#Translingual


boga

From Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

A cabeça do budio, ante ti a põ, y a da boga, ante tua sogra

1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:

The head of the wrasse she places before you, and that of the bogue, before your mother-in-law


ovo

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.

A galiña pón o ovo para proveito da muller.

The hen lays the egg for the benefit of the woman.


oso

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *orssos
Latin ursus
Old Galician-Portuguese usso
Galician oso
From Old Galician-Portuguese usso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus.


vaca

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.


sable

13th century. From older savel, from *sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”). Cognate with Portuguese sável and Spanish sábalo.

Outroſi nos dardes cadá ãno por kalendas mayaſ una duzea de bonoſ [s]auééſ τ outra duzea de lanpreas

1274, “Documentos antiguos de Galicia”, in M. Sponer, editor, Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, Barcelona, 7, page 76:

Also, you shall give to us yearly, by the calends of May, a dozen good shads and another dozen lampreys

vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno

1319, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 393:

you should have this rent of a tenth of the shads and of the fish that is captured there, in your life, and after your death this sand island should return to us


lamia

Learned borrowing from Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).


meco

Parablennius gattorugine
Wikispecies:Parablennius gattorugine

tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)


peto

13th century. Unknown. From *pētto, perhaps onomatopoeic, but note Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker”) (Latin pīcus, Danish spætte).

1288, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, V, nº 43, pages 113-115

with money of the moneybox and other purses


carioca

Merluccius merluccius
Merluccius merluccius#Translingual

young or immature hake (Merluccius merluccius)


cabala

From cabalo (“horse”). Compare Portuguese cavala and Spanish caballa.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


boi

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem). Compare Portuguese boi.

inh+

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual


peixe

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peixe, from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Compare Portuguese peixe.

1517, María Ángela Comesaña Martínez (ed.), O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 161

Pedro de Santiago, squire, pays each year, forever, nine old coins, for a house that is in the Fried Fish Street

paga Pedro de Santiago escudeiro en cada huun ano para sempre nove mrs. vellos por huna casa que esta enna Rua de Peyxe frigido


corvo

From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.

1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual


tordo

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin turdus (“a thrush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado.

1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95

Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one, a crown


mastín

From Old Galician-Portuguese mastin (13th century), from Old French mastin (modern French mâtin (“guard dog”)), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mansuetus (“tamed”).


ganso

gl-noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

gansos (plural)
gansa (feminine)
gansas (feminine plural)

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.


cazón

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçon, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cattiō from cattus (“cat”), given that many of these sharks are named catfish or dogfish in a number of languages. Compare Portuguese cação, Catalan cassó, Sicilian cazzuni.

Galeorhinus galeus
Galeorhinus galeus#Translingual


asno

From Old Galician-Portuguese asno, from Latin asinus.

Ano Domini M.o CCCCLVIII anos, des dias do mes de mayo, en Ourense, enas praças da dita çidade foy dado pregón altas [voses] por Aluaro Fernandes, pregoeiro, et por mandado dos rejedores et procurador, en que mandauan et defendían que persona algua non fose ousado de deytar bestas nen asnos nen porcos nen booys nen bacas nen carneyros nen rosellos nen cabras, de dia nen de de noyte, et qual quer persona que achar qual quer besta de noyte en sua viña que a mate sen pena, et se a achar de dia que a traga aa corte et page a coutaría et mal que feser ena viña á seu dono, et se achar os ditos gaandos, quaes quer que sejan, ou porcos, boys ou vacas ou carneyros ou roxellos de dia ou de noyte, que os mate sen pena algua, o qual todo se asy deu por pregón.

1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 156:


perdiz

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perdiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Compare Portuguese, Asturian, and Spanish perdiz.


merlo

From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.


alistado

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual


chincho

[ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃʊ]

Unknown; probably related to, or borrowed from, French chinchard. Cf. the synonym chicharro.


hipopótamo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).


escalo

From Old Galician-Portuguese escoallo, escoalo (attested since the 15th century in Galician documents), probably from Latin squalus. Cf. also Portuguese escalho, escalheiro.

inh

que desen cada canbo de scoallos por duas brancas, et que fose en cada canbo çinco escoallos

1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 125:

they shall pay for each group of chubs two brancas, and each group should be made of five chubs

faredes hun estanco adonde esta a puça e, el feito, darnos edes en cada vn anno huna duzia d'escoalos

1499, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 739:

you'll make a press where the river pool is and, it done, you'll give us a dozen chubs each year

the Northern Iberian chub (Squalius carolitertii)


morcego

[moɾˈθe.ɣ̞ʊ]

[mɔɾˈθɛ.ɣ̞ʊ]

[moɾˈθe.ɣ̞ʊ]

[mɔɾˈθɛ.ɣ̞ʊ]

Etymology tree
Latin *mūris caecus
Old Galician-Portuguese *murcego
Galician morcego
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *murcego (literally “blind mouse”), ultimately from Latin mūs. Compare Portuguese morcego, Spanish murciélago.

inh+

bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)


ladra

Tarentola mauritanica
Wikispecies:Tarentola mauritanica

common wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)


ornitorrinco

From the genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

der

ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος


foca

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor.?
Latin phōcalbor.
Galician foca
Learned borrowing from Latin phōca f, from Ancient Greek φώκη f (phṓkē).


crocodilo

From Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


camelo

From Old Galician-Portuguese camelo, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Cognate with Portuguese camelo and Spanish camello.


pomba

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).


pombo

From Old Galician-Portuguese *poombo, Old Galician-Portuguese *paombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).


felino

gl-adj

felino (feminine felina, masculine plural felinos, feminine plural felinas)

felina (feminine)
felinos (masculine plural)
felinas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin fēlīnus (“feline”), from fēlēs (“cat”).


rula

Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese rola and Spanish arrullar.

turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)


avestruz

From ave (< Latin avis) + From Old Galician-Portuguese estruz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).


tiburón

Probably borrowed from Portuguese tubarão; see that entry and Spanish tiburón for more.


abadexo

[a.β̞aˈð̞e.ʃʊ]

Locally attested since 1350 (badejo). Perhaps borrowed from Spanish abadejo, attested much later; alternatively from abadeijo, from Late Latin abbadagium (“payment to the abbot”).

inh

Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius#Translingual

European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)


anfibio

From Latin amphibius, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios).


papagaio

From Old Galician-Portuguese papagay (“parrot”) (c. 1300, Dom Dinis), from Old Occitan papagay (“parrot”), ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin.


rapante

Perhaps from rampante (“rampant”), attracted by rapar (“to scratch”).


tremo

Inherited from Latin tremulus (“quivering”). Doublet of trémbora and trémulo. Compare Spanish tiemblo (“tremor”).

inh+

quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)

Torpedo marmorata
Wikispecies:Torpedo marmorata

marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)


tucano

Borrowed from Portuguese tucano, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.


pola

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.


lontra

From Old Galician-Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra. Attested from 1439 (per the quote below). Compare Portuguese lontra, Spanish nutria; also Asturian llóndriga.

da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro


pión

Unknown. Related to its synonyms piarda and pialla; perhaps ultimately from the same origin that English pilchard.

Ammodytes tobianus
Wikispecies:Ammodytes tobianus

sand lance, lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus)


porca

From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, probably from Latin porca (“ridge”).

a children's traditional game, loosely related to golf, whose goal is a hole in the ground


serpe

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns. Cognate with Portuguese serpe, Spanish sierpe.

O cõde Fernã Gonçaluez andaua ontre [os] mouros, ferĩdo et matando assy com̃o [se] fosse serpe rauyosa

1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 111:

Count Fernán González was among the Moors, wounding and killing them as if he was a rabid serpent


carrizo

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cariceus, from Latin cārex. Cognate with Portuguese carriço, Spanish carrizo.

Phragmites australis
Phragmites australis#Translingual

Troglodytes troglodytes
Troglodytes troglodytes#Translingual

Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus#Translingual


reno

gl-noun

reno m (plural renos, feminine rena, feminine plural renas)

renos (plural)
rena (feminine)
renas (feminine plural)


airoa

Unknown. Likely from a substrate language.


ovella

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovella, from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Spanish oveja.


arenque

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Spanish arenque, from Old Occitan arenc or Old French hareng, from Late Latin haringus.


carneiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carneiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Portuguese carneiro and Spanish carnero.


lirio

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

Micromesistius poutassou
Wikispecies:Micromesistius poutassou


bisonte

From Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).


ortiga

[oɾˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɐ]

[oɾˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɐ]

Attested since the 15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin urtīca.


orangután

From Spanish orangután, from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.


ferreiro

gl-noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)

ferreiros (plural)
ferreira (feminine)
ferreiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro + -eiro.

Cyanistes caeruleus
Cyanistes caeruleus#Translingual


salmón

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese salmon, from Latin salmō. Cognate with Portuguese salmão.

inh+

pagaredes cada anno a taes foros do dito casar conmo pagan dos outros casares de Louesende, os quaes foros son, conuen a saber: saseenta soldos da moneda branca del rey dom Fernando, por dia de san Martino; et dous saumoes por ledeynas de mayo, et duas galinas por dia d ' entroido, et huu par d ' arcos por feira de setenbre

1319, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 451:


dromedario

Attested since the 14th century. Learned borrowing from Latin dromedarius, based on Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”). More at dromedary.

der

δρομὰς κάμηλος

Et tragíãno dous dromedarios moy corredores et moy ligeyros, assý cõmo auj́ã en seu costume

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 317:

And he was carried by two very fast and very swift dromedaries, as it was his habit


marta

1439. From Proto-West Germanic *marþ (“marten”), maybe through Old French marte.


cebra

From Old Galician-Portuguese zevra (“onager”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). See also cebro.


raposa

See raposo. Compare Portuguese raposa, Spanish raposa.


garza

From Old Galician-Portuguese garça (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a substrate language, probably Hispano-Celtic/Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korkiyos; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.
Cognate with Spanish garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Portuguese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.


egoa

From Old Galician-Portuguese égua, egua, egoa, from Latin equa.


ralo

Perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin rallus. Compare English rail.


cisne

From Old French cisne, from Late Latin cicinus, from Latin cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).


cadela

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).


rá

From Old Galician-Portuguese rãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rana.


mapache

From Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

(zoology) raccoon (nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America)


lasca

Perhaps from Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.


lamprea

Inherited from Late Latin lamprēda, naupreda, of obscure, maybe Gaulish, origin. Cognate with Portuguese lampreia, Spanish lamprea, French lamproie, Italian lampreda.


galiña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). Cognate with Portuguese galinha and Spanish gallina.


lebre

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lebre, from Latin leporem. First attested in the 13th century.


touro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese touro, from Latin taurus.


picapeixe

From picar (“to bite”) + peixe (“fish”), "fishbiter".


serpe de cascabel

gl-noun

serpe de cascabel f (plural serpes de cascabel)


vichelocrego

From viches o crego, phonetically [ˌbit͡ʃeloˈkɾɛɣʊ] due to sandhi, literally "Have you seen the priest?", allegedly because of its voice.

Oriolus oriolus
Oriolus oriolus#Translingual


ouriolo

From Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”).


mascato

Morus bassanus
Morus bassanus#Translingual


sapoconcho

First attested in the 18th century. From sapo (“toad”) + concho (“shelled”).

Por mor de certa rabuxa
pelengrinei por Europa
marexaba vento en popa
pero dixen ¡ai da puxa!
xa lle vin o rabo á cruxa,
ando feito un sapo cuncho

Because of certain rage
I pilgrimaged along Europe
I was sailing with tailwind
but I said to myself, geez!
I've already seen the owl's tail
and I look like a tortoise
I'm getting back to my native corner


parrulo

(figurative, informal) a gullible person


toniña

A diminutive formation, suffixed in -iña, from Latin thunnus. Compare Portuguese toninha, Spanish toñina and Catalan tonyina.


toupa

From Latin talpa (“mole”). Cognate with Spanish topo, French taupe.


aguia

From Old Galician-Portuguese aguia, from Latin aquila.

Et o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuar

c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 142:

And the count stroke into the Moors very harshly, as the hungry eagle do to his prey when he wants to eat


teixugo

From Western Hispanic Late Latin *taxūcu, probably from Gothic *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*þahsuks), diminutive of *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*þahsus), from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Cognate with Portuguese texugo and dialectal Spanish tasugo.


xibón

Attested since 1381. Probably from Old Occitan or Old French; ultimately from Arabic جبة. Doublet of chupa.


falcón

From Old Galician-Portuguese falcon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin falcō, falcōnem.


curuxa

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.


golfiño

From Old Galician-Portuguese golfinno (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin delphīnus, perhaps influenced by golfo (“gulf”) or by golfe (“sargasso”) or by golfar (“to spurt”); from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín).


camaleón

From Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”).


furón

From Old Galician-Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrō, fūrōnis (“thief”), from Classical Latin fūr (“thief”). Compare Portuguese furão, Asturian furón, Spanish hurón.


egua

From Old Galician-Portuguese égua, egua, egoa, from Latin equa.


candorca

[kɑn̪ˈd̪ɔɾ.kɐ]

First attested in the 18th century. Unknown. Perhaps from can de orca (“orca's dog”).


gaivota

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin gāvia (“seagull”) + -ota. Compare Spanish gaviota.


melro

Attested since 1418 (melrra). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.


ungulado

gl-adj

ungulado (feminine ungulada, masculine plural ungulados, feminine plural unguladas)

ungulada (feminine)
ungulados (masculine plural)
unguladas (feminine plural)


coello

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cõelho, from Latin cuniculus. First attested in the 13th century. Compare Portuguese coelho, Spanish conejo.


grou

From Old Galician-Portuguese gru m, from Latin grūs, gruem f or m (“crane”) or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum m, from the same etymon.


balea

Attested since the 13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina). Compare Portuguese baleia, Spanish ballena, or Basque balea.


cabalo

gl-noun

cabalo m (plural cabalos, feminine egua, feminine plural eguas)

cabalos (plural)
egua (feminine)
eguas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.


canario

gl-noun

canario m (plural canarios, feminine canaria, feminine plural canarias)

canarios (plural)
canaria (feminine)
canarias (feminine plural)


cocho

cocho m (plural cochos, feminine cocha, feminine plural cochas)

cochos (plural)
cocha (feminine)
cochas (feminine plural)

Probably onomatopoeic: compare French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic


raposo

gl-noun

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas)

raposos (plural)
raposa (feminine)
raposas (feminine plural)

1439. Either from a derivative of Latin rapum (“turnip”), whence Galician rabo (“tail”) (and influenced by the root of rapio (“snatch, grab”)), or from rapar (“to snatch”). Cf. also Asturian rapiega, Spanish raposo (which may also have influenced it).


cuco

From Old Galician-Portuguese; either onomatopoeic, or from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

Tres avichouchos pasan o mar: a rula, o cuco e o paspallar (proverb)

Three birdies pass the sea: the turtle dove, the cuckoo and the quail

Cuculus canorus
Cuculus canorus#Translingual


parro

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Mirandese parro (“duck”).


brida

Attested since 1474. Borrowed from Middle French bride.


carpinteiro

carpinteiro m (plural carpinteiros, feminine carpinteira, feminine plural carpinteiras)

carpinteiros (plural)
carpinteira (feminine)
carpinteiras (feminine plural)

From Late Latin carpentārius (“carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot”).


laverca

[laˈβ̞ɛɾ.kɐ]

From Suevic *lāwerka, or from Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌺𐍉 (*laiwērkō), from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ.


xabaril

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally “pig of the mountains”) via Andalusian Arabic.

bor+

خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ


cordeiro

From an older *cordeleiro ("string maker"), from cordel (“string”) + -eiro, influenced by the open stressed vowel in corda (“string”).


agulla

From Old Galician-Portuguese agulla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

Belone belone
Belone belone#Translingual


salamántiga

Perhaps a blend of salamandra + píntega.


voitre

From Old Galician-Portuguese voitre and its variants, from Latin vultur, vulturem. Cognate with Portuguese abutre and Spanish buitre.


mendo

Probably from French limande (“common dab”), after interpreting the first consonant as the French definite article.

Microstomus kitt
Wikispecies:Microstomus kitt


armiño

gl-adj

armiño (feminine armiña, masculine plural armiños, feminine plural armiñas)

armiña (feminine)
armiños (masculine plural)
armiñas (feminine plural)

Already attested in local Latin documents in the 12th century; in Galician since the 13th century. Either from Proto-Germanic *harmô (cf. Old High German harmo), or from Latin mūs armenius ("Armenian mouse").

Et era forrado en pẽna armjña

1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:


cornudo

From Old Galician-Portuguese cornudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from corno (“horn”) + -udo.

Sphyrna zygaena
Wikispecies:Sphyrna zygaena


cerreta

From cerro (“spine bone / dorsal fin”) + -eta.


quenlla

From Latin canicula (“dogfish, shark”), diminutive of canis (“dog”).


quenlla

From Latin canalicula (“gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel”).


coiote

From Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl.


alcarraza

Probably from Portuguese alcarraza (“jug”), from Arabic الكُرَّاز (al-kurrāz), from Aramaic כרז / כרוז (“a type of container”), possibly from Akkadian 𒆳𒍣𒍝𒆪 (/kurziza, kurzizakku/, “a basket, container”), from Sumerian 𒄥𒋛𒁲 (/gursisa/, “basket, container”, literally “normal or standard 𒄥 (gur)”).


cegoña

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin cicōnia.

et se a fegura do ydolo for doutra ymage que nõ seja de omẽ, se he de carneyro, poñamos que veña oespiritu máo, et entre et fale, ¿podera fazer al senõ braadar, segũdo que braada o carneyro ?, çerto nõ al; et se for de cabrõ outrosi nõ fara senõ braadar, et se for de touro mudiar ou rreburdiar, et se for de çegona, ferir [cõ] os pycos et fazer aquel som que ellas fazem como taboezillas.

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 141:

and if the figure of the idol has another image different from that of a man, if it was of a ram, let's then say that the evil spirit comes and enters in it and talks: what could the spirit do but bleat as a ram bleats? Certainly not other thing. And if the image was that of a billy goat he would only bleat, and if it was of a bull, he would moo or below; and if it was that of a stork, he would clash the beak and do that characteristic sound that the storks do, as of tablets


cabrito

gl-noun

cabrito m (plural cabritos, feminine cabrito, feminine plural cabritos)

cabritos (plural)
cabrito (feminine)
cabritos (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabrito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cabra + -ito; may have originally corresponded to a Vulgar Latin or Late Latin caprītus (attested in Salic Law). Cognate with Portuguese cabrito and Spanish cabrito.


vaqueiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaqueyro, from Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Portuguese vaqueiro, Spanish vaquero.


pavón

From Old Galician-Portuguese pavon (independently attested in both corpora), from Latin pāvōnem, accusative singular of pāvō.

o pauõ mostra a vida dos rricos, que ẽnobreçẽ, et afeytam, et cõpoem suas deanteyras et leyxam descuberta moy torpemẽte sua postromaria

1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria, Oviedo: Archivum, page 259:

the peacocks show the lifestyle of the rich people, who grace, and adorn, and set up their front sides and let their backsides clumsily uncovered


albacora

[ɑl.β̞ɑˈkɔ.ɾɐ]

From Andalusian Arabic, from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

der

اَلْبَكُورَة

Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga#Translingual

albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)


chasco

Saxicola rubicola
Saxicola rubicola#Translingual


teixo

Para desfazer aquel callo ual moyto o maluisco et a Rayz do lilio et a Rayz do teixo

1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:

the marshmallow, the lily root, and the yew root, are very useful for undoing that callosity


lorcha

Unknown. Perhaps from or related to French loche.


pescada

Merluccius merluccius
Merluccius merluccius#Translingual


raia

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], probably the feminine of raio, or from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius; cf. also the verb raiar. Compare Portuguese raia, Spanish raya.


dentón

[d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪oŋ]


parrocha

Unknown. Perhaps related to parro, parrulo, "duck".

(regional, Northern Galicia) a young sardine


pancho

Borrowed from Spanish pancho, from Mozarabic, or Old Northern French panche (“paunch”); ultimately from Latin pantex (“paunch”).

Pagellus acarne
Wikispecies:Pagellus acarne


besugo

Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas […] a quatro dineiros cada libra
Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of seabasses and of smaller seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams […] , four diñeiros each pound

1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)


robalo

Attested as appellative in 1417. From lobarro (attested as nickname, Lobaru, Lobarro, since the 12th century), cognate with Catalan llobarro (first attested in 1599), from Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas … a quatro dineiros cada libra

Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of seabasses and of smaller seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams …, four diñeiros each pound

(smaller specimens)

Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus labrax#Translingual

large European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)


sargo

Diplodus sargus
Diplodus sargus#Translingual


rodaballo

Attested since 1417. From Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel”) + *ballos ("wheel-sack").

Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra

Item, the pound of turbots and of groupers, six diñeiros each pound


lebrato

[lɛˈβ̞ɾa.t̪ʊ]


barreiro

clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)


tortilla española

gl-noun

tortilla española f (plural tortillas españolas)


letreiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese letereyro (first attested in the 14th century). By surface analysis, letra + -eiro.

inh+

Emberiza cirlus
Emberiza cirlus#Translingual


linguado

From Old Galician-Portuguese linguado (13th century), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ado.

Pois non trato
 do peixe que foi barato:
 tanto barbo e lengoado
 e doutro peije preziado
 que sobraba o can y o gato

1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

I wont speak
 of the fish which was cheap
 so much barbel and sole
 and of other prized fish,
 that dog and cat were more than enough


peixe espada

From peixe (“fish”) and espada (“sword”): "sword-fish".

Xiphias gladius
Xiphias gladius#Translingual


bacallau

From Dutch bakkeljauw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Compare Portuguese bacalhau and Spanish bacalao.


estorniño

13th century. From a diminutive (with -iño) of Latin sturnus. Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino.


arao

Spanish: arao

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old French hairon (French héron). Cognate with Portuguese arau.

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica#Translingual


abetouro

From Old Galician-Portuguese betouro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the same origin that Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), apparently because of its call.

Botaurus stellaris
Botaurus stellaris#Translingual


lagartixa

[lɑ.ɣ̞ɑɾˈt̪i.ʃɐ]

[lɑ.ɣ̞ɑɾˈt̪i.ʃɐ]

[lɑ.ħɑɾˈt̪i.ʃɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lagartixa, borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa, from lagarto + -ixo.


ferrado

From Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”). As units of measure, from a clipping of Medieval Latin modius ferrātus. Although sometimes considered equivalent to the Spanish celemín, in fact typically about twice as large except as a unit of area.

oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses

1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

eight fanegas [~32 ferrados] of legume, both beans and peas, and two ferrados of chestnuts

o dicto moesteiro abia tres moyos ferrados de pan en a dicta iglesia de Buyercos en cada hun anno

1449, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 374:

the aforementioned monastery has right to three reinforced modii [ferrados] of cereals in the aforementioned church of Buxercos, per uyear

(historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 12–18 L


golpella

From Old Galician-Portuguese golpella, from Old Galician-Portuguese *vulpicla, from Latin vulpēcula (“fox kit”), diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”).


lavandeira

From lavandeiro (“launderer, laundryman”), from Late Latin lavandārius, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”).

Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.

1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

Motacilla alba
Motacilla alba#Translingual


osga

gecko (any lizard of the family Gekkonidae)


poldro

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *pŭllĭter. Cognate with Spanish potro, French poutre, Italian poltro.


breca

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language.

Pagellus erythrinus
Wikispecies:Pagellus erythrinus


chicharro

18th century. Unknown; perhaps a borrowing from French chinchard. Cf. the synonym chincho.


congro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese congro (first attested in the 13th century), from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).

inh+

conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)


melga

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin merga (“two-pronged fork”), because of its two characteristic spines. Cognate with Spanish mielga.

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual


cabezudo

[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]

[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabezudo (first attested in 1276). By surface analysis, cabeza (“head”) + -udo.

surf

a traditional mask representing a personage with oversized head


verdel

Borrowed from Gascon Occitan. Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *verdellus, from viridis (“green”).

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


ruzo

gl-adj

ruzo (feminine ruza, masculine plural ruzos, feminine plural ruzas)

ruza (feminine)
ruzos (masculine plural)
ruzas (feminine plural)

Attested since the 14th century (ruçio). Probably from Latin rōscidus. Cognate with Portuguese ruço and Spanish rucio.


solla

→ Spanish: solla

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese solla (first attested in 1417), from Latin solea (“sole”). Cognate with Portuguese solha.

inh+

Iten que se venda o pescado en esta maneira: a libra dos sacadores et das sollas et dos bodiõos, dos polvos et das fanequas et das rayas et das langostas et das sibias et das luras a tres dineiros cada libra
Item, they should sell the captured fish in this way: the pound of sacadores [?], of plaices, of Baillon's wrasses, of octopuses, of poutings, of stingrays, of lobsters, of cuttlefish and of squids, three diñeiros each pound

Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa#Translingual

todos vĩjnã armados de sollas et de lorigões et de arcos torquijs

1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 660:

all of them came armed with scale armours and cuirasses and Turkish bows


tortilla de patacas

gl-noun

tortilla de patacas f (plural tortillas de patacas)


papafigo

From papar (“to eat”) + figo (“fig”). The name of the sail, already attested in 1433, must derive from the name of the bird.

Oriolus oriolus
Oriolus oriolus#Translingual


abelleiro

abelleiro m (plural abelleiros, feminine abelleira, feminine plural abelleiras)

abelleiros (plural)
abelleira (feminine)
abelleiras (feminine plural)

Merops apiaster
Merops apiaster#Translingual


lavanco

[laˈβ̞ɑŋ.kʊ]

From an older navanco, from nava (“valley”).


castañeta

18th century, from castañola, from Catalan castanyola, with suffix change. Compare also French castagnole.

(zoology) Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)


meixengra

[mei̯ˈʃeŋɡɾɐ]

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *maisingaz, from *maisǭ (“titmouse”) + *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Portuguese mejengra, French mésange and Old Norse meisingr (“titmouse”).

Mesmo pareces unha meixengra en día de choiva.

1955, Alfonso Gayoso, Os fidalgos de Rante, Buenos Aires: Edicións Miño, page 47:

You even look as a titmouse in a rainy day

tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)


faneca brava

From faneca (“pouting (fish)”) and brava (“brave, wild”).

greater weever (Trachinus draco) (fish)

lesser weever (Echiichthys vipera) (fish)


faneca

Perhaps from fanar (“to make blunt; to mutilate”).

Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus#Translingual


escáncer

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).

Anguis fragilis
Anguis fragilis#Translingual


estinga

Documented at least since the 18th century; perhaps borrowed from English stingray rather than an old loanword from Suevic or Gothic. Ultimatelly from Proto-Germanic *stinganą, whence also Old Norse stinga.

(obsolete) an instrument used by brass workers


mazarico

Unknown. From the medieval form maracico, already attested circa 1133 as maraticum in local Medieval Latin. Cognate of Portuguese maçarico.

Numenius arquata
Numenius arquata#Translingual


escarapote

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”) + the augmentative Galician suffix -ote, influenced by escarpa (“splinter, thorn”) of Germanic origin.

(zoology) red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)

(zoology) black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)


buraz

Attested since the 16th century. Unknown; perhaps from Latin vorax.

burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota

little blackspot sea breams and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake


laverco

Unknown. Perhaps related to Late Latin levaricinus, a fish name attested by Polemius Silvius; whence French lavaret and Portuguese lavareto. The current form has been probably influenced by laverca (“lark”).

(archaic) large sea trout, shad or salmon after spawning in the rivers


sardiña

From Old Galician-Portuguese sardĩa, from Latin sardīna, from Ancient Greek Σαρδέλα (Sardéla). Cognate with Portuguese sardinha and Spanish sardina.

Sardina pilchardus
Sardina pilchardus#Translingual

sardine (especially the European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus))


bicudo

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Wikispecies:Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

(zoology) red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)


atafal

From Old Galician-Portuguese atafal, borrowed from Arabic ثَفَر (ṯafar). Compare Spanish atafarra, ataharre.

crupper (a strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping)


zamborca

Perhaps from *samǎrĭka, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).


can de palleiro

can de palleiro m (plural cans de palleiro)

1861. From can (“dog”) + de (“of”) + palleiro (“haystack; barn”); because they used to sleep by the haystack. Compare Sicilian cani di mànnira.

En nuestro país hay una raza de perros, conocidos por los aldeanos con el nombre de can de palleiro que son muy osados y útiles para la caza

1861, Victor López Seoane, Fáuna Mastológica de Galicia, page 55:

In our country [Galicia] there is a dog breed, known to the peasants by the name can de palleiro, that is very bold and useful for hunting [original in Spanish with the exception of the name of the breed]

a local Galician breed of dogs, usually used as cow shepherds and home guardians


ollomol

From ollo (“eye”) + mol (“soft, bland”).

Ollomol de xaneiro, vale un carneiro

Seabream captured in January, has the value of a ram

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual


troita

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese troyta (first attested in 1399), from Late Latin tructa, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs). Cognate with Portuguese truta, Spanish trucha.

inh+

ajan por cada hun cinquenta maravedis para viño e para troyta

1399, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 582:

they should have fifty coins for each one, for wine and trouts


xurelo

From Vulgar Latin *sorellus, from saurellus, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “jack mackerel”). Compare Spanish jurel.

der

jack mackerel (edible fish of the genus Caranx or Trachurus)


budión

Iten que se venda o pescado en esta maneira: a libra dos sacadores et das sollas et dos bodiõos, dos polvos et das fanequas et das rayas et das langostas et das sibias et das luras a tres dineiros cada libra
Item, they should sell the captured fish in this way: the pound of sacadores [?], of plaices, of wrasses, of octopuses, of poutings, of stingrays, of lobsters, of cuttlefish and of squids, three diñeiros each pound


bubela

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of upupa.


paíño

Spanish: paíño

Hydrobates pelagicus
Hydrobates pelagicus#Translingual


donicela

From Vulgar Latin *domnicella (“little maiden”), from domina (“maiden”).


anguía

From Old Galician-Portuguese anguia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin anguilla. Cognate with Portuguese enguia and Spanish anguila.

cada natal nos daredes das ditas erdades quinse duseas de boas anguias secas et salgadas

1391, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol. 3, page 420

each Christmas you'll give us, of that properties, fifteen dozens of good eels, dry and salted


arroaz

Spanish: arroaz

Either from roer (“to gnaw”) + -az, or from rabaz (lobo rabaz, "European lynx") from Latin rapāx (“rapacious”). Cognate with Portuguese roaz.

Tursiops truncatus
Tursiops truncatus#Translingual


lobo rabaz

From lobo (“wolf”) + rabaz from Latin rapāx (“rapacious”).

Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), which became extinct in the Iberian peninsula before 1800


piarda

Unknown. Related to its synonyms pión and pialla; perhaps ultimately from the same origin that English pilchard.

Atherina presbyter
Wikispecies:Atherina presbyter


noiteboa

From Latin *noctivola or noctivaga (“wandering in the night”). Cognate with Portuguese noitibó.

Caprimulgus europaeus
Caprimulgus europaeus#Translingual

Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)


denociña

From Old Galician-Portuguese donezỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria, where it is presented as a characteristically Galician word), from Vulgar Latin *domnicella (“weasel”), reanalyzed as *donic- + -ella, and them suffixed with -iña.


zarrapico

Unknown. From the medieval form çarrapito (13th century), perhaps a romance composite.


estornillo

13th century. From a diminutive (with -illo, from Latin -culus) of Latin sturnus (“starling”). Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino.


robaliza

Attested in 1417 (robaliça). From robalo + -iza.

Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of large seabasses and of seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams …, four diñeiros each pound

(larger specimens)

Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus labrax#Translingual


podengo

Unknown: from Old Galician-Portuguese podengo (13th century; 11th century in Latin texts), either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, or rather from Suevic or Gothic. Cognate with Portuguese podengo and Spanish podenco.

Ca hũu arçipreste do castelo, ome mao et auol, foy aa caça et, el andando per aquel monte, caerõlle os podengos no rastro do conde et da jnfãte

c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 134:

Because an archpriest of the castle, a mean and vile man, went hunting and, while wandering about that hill, his hounds found the trail of the count and the Princess

hound with stiff ears, historically used for rabbit hunting


tourón

Perhaps from touro, because of its fierceness. Cognate with Portuguese toirão and Spanish turón.

Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius#Translingual

ferret; polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)


patarroxa

Scyliorhinus stellaris
Scyliorhinus stellaris#Translingual


melgacho

Scyliorhinus canicula
Scyliorhinus canicula#Translingual

morgay, small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)


cazacú

small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)


canexa

Unknown. Perhaps from can (“dog”) + -exa.


píllara

Charadrius hiaticula
Charadrius hiaticula#Translingual

píllara real: ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius alexandrinus#Translingual

píllara papuda: Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

píllara dourada
píllara dourada#Galician

Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian golden plover

Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria#Translingual

píllara dourada: Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

píllara riscada
píllara riscada#Galician

Arenaria interpres
Arenaria interpres#Translingual

píllara riscada: ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Tringa totanus
Tringa totanus#Translingual


garduña

[ɡɑɾˈð̞u.ɲɐ]

[ɡɑɾˈð̞u.ɲɐ]

[ħɑɾˈð̞u.ɲɐ]


teixón

From Late Latin taxō, taxōnis, of Germanic origin (compare Dutch das, Old High German dahs, German Dachs), from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Cognate with Spanish tejón and Catalan teixó.


cinchar

gl-verb

cinchar (first-person singular present cincho, first-person singular preterite cinchei, past participle cinchado)

cincho (first-person present singular)
cinchei (first-person preterite singular)
cinchado (participle past)
cinchar (impersonal infinitive)
cinchar (first-person infinitive singular)
cinchares (infinitive second-person singular)
cinchar (infinitive personal singular)
cincharmos (first-person infinitive plural)
cinchardes (infinitive plural second-person)
cincharen (infinitive personal plural)
cinchando (gerund)
cinchado (masculine participle past singular)
cinchado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
cinchado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
cinchados (masculine participle past plural)
cinchados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
cinchada (feminine participle past singular)
cinchada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
cinchada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
cinchadas (feminine participle past plural)
cinchadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
cincho (first-person indicative present singular)
cinchas (indicative present second-person singular)
cincha (indicative present singular)
cinchamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cinchades (indicative plural present second-person)
cinchan (indicative plural present)
cinchaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cinchabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cinchaba (imperfect indicative singular)
cinchabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cinchabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cinchaban (imperfect indicative plural)
cinchei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cinchaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cinchou (indicative preterite singular)
cinchamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cinchastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cincharon (indicative plural preterite)
cinchara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
cincharas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
cinchara (indicative pluperfect singular)
cincharamos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
cincharades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cincharan (indicative pluperfect plural)
cincharei (first-person future indicative singular)
cincharás (future indicative second-person singular)
cinchará (future indicative singular)
cincharemos (first-person future indicative plural)
cincharedes (future indicative plural second-person)
cincharán (future indicative plural)
cincharía (conditional first-person singular)
cincharías (conditional second-person singular)
cincharía (conditional singular)
cinchariamos (conditional first-person plural)
cinchariades (conditional plural second-person)
cincharían (conditional plural)
cinche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cinches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cinche (present singular subjunctive)
cinchemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cinchedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cinchen (plural present subjunctive)
cinchase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cinchases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cinchase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
cinchásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cinchásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cinchasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
cinchar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cinchares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cinchar (future singular subjunctive)
cincharmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cinchardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cincharen (future plural subjunctive)
cincha (imperative second-person singular)
cinche (imperative singular)
cinchemos (first-person imperative plural)
cinchade (imperative plural second-person)
cinchen (imperative plural)
non cinches (imperative negative second-person singular)
non cinche (imperative negative singular)
non cinchemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non cinchedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non cinchen (imperative negative plural)
cinchar (impersonal infinitive)
cinchar (first-person infinitive singular)
cinchares (infinitive second-person singular)
cinchar (infinitive singular third-person)
cincharmos (first-person infinitive plural)
cinchardes (infinitive plural second-person)
cincharem (infinitive plural third-person)
cinchando (gerund)
cinchado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
cinchado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
cinchados (masculine participle past plural)
cinchada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
cinchada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
cinchadas (feminine participle past plural)
cincho (first-person indicative present singular)
cinchas (indicative present second-person singular)
cincha (indicative present singular third-person)
cinchamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cinchades (indicative plural present second-person)
cinchais (indicative plural present second-person)
cincham (indicative plural present third-person)
cinchava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cinchavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cinchava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cinchávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cinchávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cincháveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cinchávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cinchavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cinchei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cinchaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cinchache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cinchou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cinchamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cinchastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cinchárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cincharam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cinchara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
cincharas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
cinchara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
cincháramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
cinchárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cincháreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cinchárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cincharam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
cincharei (first-person future indicative singular)
cincharás (future indicative second-person singular)
cinchará (future indicative singular third-person)
cincharemos (first-person future indicative plural)
cincharedes (future indicative plural second-person)
cinchareis (future indicative plural second-person)
cincharám (future indicative plural third-person)
cincharão (future indicative plural third-person)
cincharia (conditional first-person singular)
cincharias (conditional second-person singular)
cincharia (conditional singular third-person)
cincharíamos (conditional first-person plural)
cincharíades (conditional plural second-person)
cincharíeis (conditional plural second-person)
cincharíais (conditional plural second-person)
cinchariam (conditional plural third-person)
cinche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cinches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cinche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cinchemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cinchedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cincheis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cinchem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cinchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cinchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cinchasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cinchássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cinchássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cinchásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cinchassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cinchar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cinchares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cinchar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cincharmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cinchardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cincharem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
cincha (imperative second-person singular)
cinche (imperative singular third-person)
cinchemos (first-person imperative plural)
cinchade (imperative plural second-person)
cinchai (imperative plural second-person)
cinchem (imperative plural third-person)
nom cinches (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom cinche (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom cinchemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom cinchedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom cincheis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom cinchem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese çinllar (compare cincha).

primeiramente pararas o Cauallo en lugar caente et caenta enno fogo pedras, et lançaas so o uentre do Cauallo, et Cubri o Cauallo de hũa cuberta de llãa, et llança sobre aquellas pedras agooa caente tanto que as faças fumegar en gisa que se uolua o Cauallo en suuor todo. Et depois çinllalle aquella cuberta, et este asesegado naqel lugar ataa que se cunsuma toda a suur del

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:

first, you shall take the horse to a hot place, and heat on the fire some stones, and put them under the horse's belly, and cover the horse with a wool coverture, and pour over that stones hot water so that they steam in order that the horse covers in sweat. Then girth that coverture to the horse, and let he be in calm at that place till his sweat dries


moucho

Debated (the Galician diphthong is not compatible with the etymons proposed for the other Romance cognates). Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moucho (first attested in 1421); probably from an adjective meaning "blunted". Compare Portuguese mocho and Spanish mochuelo.

unk

Debated

inh+

et outra leira jaz tras las casas da Quintãã, como vay topar aas pedras dos mouchos

1421, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 623:

another field is behind the houses of Quintá, as it reaches the little owl stones

Athene noctua
Athene noctua#Translingual


glutón

From Latin gluttō, from gluttiō (“I swallow”).


loberno

From Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).


anduriña

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundina, from hirundina-, from Latin hirundō, hirundine; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it. Cognate with Portuguese andorinha.

unha anduriña soa non fai verán

one swallow does not make a summer (proverb)

Hirundo rustica
Hirundo rustica#Translingual


piarro

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Mirandese parro (“duck”).

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


alcrique

From Andalusian Arabic الكَرِكِي (al-karikī), from Arabic كَرَاكِيّ (karākiyy), plural of كُرْكِيّ (kurkiyy).

Scomberesox saurus
Wikispecies:Scomberesox saurus


miñato

From Old Galician-Portuguese *mĩato (cf. miñoca, niño), from a proto-Galician *milato cognate with Asturian milatu; from Vulgar Latin *mīlus, from Latin mīlvus, and the suffix -ato which usually forms youngs of animals (cf. baleato, lobato). Compare Spanish milano, Portuguese milhano, milhafre.

Milvus milvus
Milvus milvus#Translingual


coalla

quail (any of several small species of game bird)


tabuela

Vanellus vanellus
Vanellus vanellus#Translingual


fuíña

From Old French fouine, from Latin fagina.


riádego

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Medieval Latin rivaticum, from Latin rivus (“stream”). By surface analysis, río + -ádego. Cognate with French rivage.

Oriolus oriolus
Oriolus oriolus#Translingual


estruga

[es̺ˈt̪ɾu.ɣ̞ɐ]

[es̺ˈt̪ɾu.ɣ̞ɐ]

Deverbal from estrugar, from Latin *exurticare (“to nettle”).

Torpedo marmorata
Wikispecies:Torpedo marmorata

marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)


brexo

uncultivated moisty patch of land, furze field


lagarto arnal

gl-noun

lagarto arnal m (plural lagartos arnais)

[lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ.t̪ʊ aɾˈnɑɫ]

[lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ.t̪ʊ aɾˈnɑɫ]

[lɑˈħɑɾ.t̪ʊ aɾˈnɑɫ]

jewelled lizard, ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus); a large lizard species traditionally held in Galicia to be poisonous


peneireiro

Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius#Translingual


lagarteiro

After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual

kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)


musgaño

From Latin mūsarāneus (literally “spider mouse”) because the bite of some shrews can be venomous. Compare Portuguese murganho, Spanish musaraña, French musaraigne.


xardón

Ultimatelly from Arabic حَرْذُون (ḥarḏūn); compare Portuguese sardão and Spanish fardacho.

der

Arabic حَرْذُون (ḥarḏūn)

(regional) ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)


leirón

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *glirionem or *glērionem, probably from Latin glīs, glīris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”). Compare the related forms lirio, liranco, leiranco. Compare Spanish lirón, Catalan liró, French liron.


andosco

gl-noun

andosco m (plural andoscos, feminine andosca, feminine plural andoscas)

andoscos (plural)
andosca (feminine)
andoscas (feminine plural)

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus.

(figured, literary) rogue, rascal, scoundrel


lorcho

/ˈlɔɾ.t͡ʃo̝/

wolffish (marine fish of the family Anarhichadidae)


pimpín real

Fringilla montifringilla
Fringilla montifringilla#Translingual

brambling, the bird Fringilla montifringilla


bexato

Perhaps a derivative of Latin būteō (“buzzard”), otherwise perhaps from ave (“bird”) + xato (“calf”). Compare abetouro.


motóa

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”).


buzaco

A derivative of Latin būteō (“buzzard”) + -aco.


xibardo

Probably from French gibard (compare Middle French gibbar (“humpback whale”)), ultimately from Latin gibber (“hunchbacked”). Compare Spanish yubarta.

Megaptera novaeangliae
Megaptera novaeangliae#Translingual


sabenla

Perhaps from a diminutive *sabelella from *sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare sable, zamborca).

vos que ayades esa renda da dizima dos savees e do pescado que y sayr en vossa vida e despos vosa morte que fique a nos o dito arynno

1319, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Una sociedad en expansión y en la crisis, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 393:

you should have this rent of a tenth of the shads and of the fish that is captured there, in your life, and after your death this sand island should return to us


perdís

From Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).


perduga

From Latin perdicula, diminutive form of Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).


taberneiro

gl-noun

taberneiro m (plural taberneiros, feminine taberneira, feminine plural taberneiras)

taberneiros (plural)
taberneira (feminine)
taberneiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin tabernarius.


melandro

From Latin mēlēs (“badger”). Cognate with Asturian melandru.


mariola

Probably from María (“Mary”) + -ola. However, compare French marelle (“hopscotch”).

Ciliata mustela
Wikispecies:Ciliata mustela


rebisaco

Genetta genetta
Genetta genetta#Translingual


badexo

Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius#Translingual

European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)


trancho

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate Celtic language, as the name of many other fish in Galician. Attested since the 18th century.

Sprattus sprattus
Sprattus sprattus#Translingual


sangano

[s̺ɑŋˈɡɑ.nʊ]

[s̺ɑŋˈɡɑ.nʊ]

[s̺ɑŋˈħɑ.nʊ]

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with dialectal Spanish zangaño (“shaft, crankshaft”).


curuxo

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language: compare curuxa (“barn owl”).


furaareas

From furar (“to pierce”) + area (“sand”): "sand-piercer".


perdigoto

[peɾðiˈɣɔtʊ]

From Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”) + -oto.


paifoco

Perhaps from Pai (“Pelagius”) + foco (“hollow”). Pai was a very common name during the Low Middle Ages, and so this could means something like "Vain John".

Erithacus rubecula
Erithacus rubecula#Translingual

robin, European robin (Erithacus rubecula)


paporroibo

From papo (“goitre”) + roibo (“reddish”).


ghanza

From Hispano-Celtic *cárcia; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.


gharsa

From Hispano-Celtic *cárcia; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.
Cognate with Spanish garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Portuguese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Eye dialect spelling of garza (“heron”).


pixota

From Old Galician-Portuguese peixota (although the forms pixota is attested earlier, since the 12th century), from peixe (“fish”) + -ota, or either from pixa (“penis”) + -ota. Compare Portuguese peixota and Spanish pijota.

little blackspot sea breams / and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake

Merluccius merluccius
Merluccius merluccius#Translingual


panchoz

Attested since 1596. Perhaps from Old Northern French panche (“paunch”); ultimately from Latin pantex (“paunch”).

little and / well sized blackspot sea breams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake


bertorella

From a proto-Galician form *brotolelia, a diminutive of *brotola (compare brota and Spanish brótola).

Phycis blennoides
Wikispecies:Phycis blennoides


aguana

Galemys pyrenaicus
Wikispecies:Galemys pyrenaicus


arcea

Attested since 1418. Probably from Latin acceia. Compare Italian acceggia.

1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95

Item, woodcocks and wood pigeons, each one two white coins

Iten arçeas et poonbos troquados, cada ũu duas blanquas.

Scolopax rusticola
Scolopax rusticola#Translingual


aguaneta

Attested since 1418. From augana (“water animal”).

Item, thrushes and blackbirds each one a crown. Item woodpeckers and magpies and snipes, four crowns each one

Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu

Gallinago gallinago
Gallinago gallinago#Translingual


galiñola

From galiña (“hen”) + -ola. Compare Portuguese galinhola.

Gallinula chloropus
Gallinula chloropus#Translingual


prago

From Latin phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea-bream, braize, Pagrus vulgaris”).

der

Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus#Translingual


saboga

From Late Latin samauca, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).


gardarríos

From gardar (“to guard”) + ríos (“rivers”), "river-guard".


cuquelo

Attested since circa 1750. From cuco + -elo.

Cuculus canorus
Cuculus canorus#Translingual


avechucho

[aβeˈt͡ʃut͡ʃʊ]

From ave (“bird”) and a reduplication of the pejorative suffix -ucho.

Tres avichouchos pasan o mar: a rula, o cuco e o paspallar (proverb)

Three birds pass the sea: the turtle dove, the cuckoo and the quail


peixe sapo

From peixe (“fish”) and sapo (“toad”): "toad-fish".

Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius#Translingual

Lophius budegassa
Wikispecies:Lophius budegassa

anglerfish, monkfish (Lophius piscatorius and Lophius budegassa)


tabeirón

Unknown, cognate with Portuguese tubarão, Catalan tauró, Taíno tiburo,
Middle French tibéron, and Quechua tiwrun.


galdaripo

Vanellus vanellus
Vanellus vanellus#Translingual


xílgaro

Obscure. Related to Spanish jilguero, which derives from an older silguero; perhaps from sirgo (“silk”), but the suffix -aro is usually found in pre-Latin words. Compare also Portuguese pintassilgo.

unk

Obscure

un sinfín de paxaros ben cantores
reiseñores o xílgaro e o sirín

1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:

an endless number of singing birds:
nightingales, the goldfinch and the serin

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch, European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


pintasilgo

Obscure. See xílgaro. Cognate with Portuguese pintassilgo.

Obscure


xirín

Attested since circa 1750. Probably borrowed from French serin.

Serinus serinus
Serinus serinus#Translingual


reiseñor

From Old Galician-Portuguese ruissennor (14th century, Alfonso Álvarez de Villasandino), borrowed from Old Occitan rossinhol, from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, diminutive of Classical Latin luscinia (“nightingale”). Cognate with Portuguese rouxinol and Spanish ruiseñor.

Luscinia megarhynchos
Luscinia megarhynchos#Translingual


samborca

allis shad (Alternative form of zamborca)


pescadiña

→ Spanish: pescadilla (calque)

Attested since circa 1750. From pescada (“hake”) + -iña.

a young specimen of European hake (Merluccius merluccius)


corbelo

Attested since 1417 (corvelo). Perhaps from corvo (“crow”) + -elo. Compare French corbeau.

Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas … a quatro dineiros cada libra

Item, the pound of young pollocks and of mullets and of large seabasses and of seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams …, four diñeiros each pound

(larger specimens)

Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius#Translingual

European pollock (Pollachius pollachius, younger specimens)


saramaganta

Probably a blend of Latin salamandra and another term.


touliña

From Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Spanish toñina and Catalan tonyina.


carrán

Onomatopoeic, probably; the different dialectal forms points to a protoform *carrano.

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual


sacabeira

Unknown. Perhaps related to sapo. Cognate with Asturian sacavera.


gabián

Possibly of Germanic origin and from an unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila, “sparrow hawk”), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu. Compare the cognates listed at Spanish gavilán and Portuguese gavião.


picanzo

Probably from Latin picus. Cognate with Portuguese picanço.

shrike (any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae)


pimpín

Onomatopoeic. Attested since circa 1750.

(figurative, patronizing, derogatory) poor devil


areeiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin harēnārius or either internally from area (“sand”) + -eiro. Cognate with Portuguese areeiro and Spanish arenero.

Ammodytes tobianus
Wikispecies:Ammodytes tobianus

little ringed plover
little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius
Charadrius dubius#Translingual

little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)


uxa

Myliobatis aquila
Wikispecies:Myliobatis aquila


fodón

From foder (“to annoy”) + -ón, perhaps because of its behaviour and low value.

Trisopterus minutus
Wikispecies:Trisopterus minutus


verderolo

[beɾðeˈɾɔlʊ]

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual


doncela

From Old Galician-Portuguese donzela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Latin domina. Compare Portuguese donzela, Old Occitan donçela, Spanish doncella, French demoiselle.


chandarme

Ultimately from French gendarme (“soldier”).

Scomberesox saurus
Wikispecies:Scomberesox saurus

saury, Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus)


lobo cerval

From lobo (“wolf”) + cerval (“cervine”).

Lynx pardinus
Lynx pardinus#Translingual

Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), which became extinct in Galicia during the 20th century


aceal

Ultimately from Andalusian Arabic الزِيَار (az-ziyār), from Arabic زِيَار (ziyār). Cognate with Portuguese aziar and Spanish acial.


mógaro

Unknown. Likely, from a substrate language, as many fish names with obscure origin.


maralloca

Attested since the 18th century. Unknown. Perhaps from barallocas (“babblemouth; brawler”), but this can't explain other similar names given to other species.


escribenta

Emberiza cirlus
Emberiza cirlus#Translingual


sapagueira

Probably a blend of sapo (“toad”) and another term.


rincho

Deverbal from rinchar. Compare Spanish relincho.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual

(zoology) young of mackerel (Scomber scombrus)


merdeiro

gl-noun

merdeiro m (plural merdeiros, feminine merdeira, feminine plural merdeiras)

merdeiros (plural)
merdeira (feminine)
merdeiras (feminine plural)

[mɛɾˈð̞ej.ɾʊ]


sabanduxa

From the evolution of Latin salamandra (“salamander”) + -uxa, or either related to Spanish sabandija.


lavacús

From lavar (“to wash”) + cú (“butt”). "butt-washer".

white-throated dipper
white-throated dipper

Cinclus cinclus
Cinclus cinclus#Translingual