Australia

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


area

From Old Galician-Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēnā (“sand”). Cognate with Portuguese areia and Spanish arena.


GPS

Global Positioning System
Global Positioning System

(cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System


val

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese vale, from Latin vallis, vallem.

c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 122

As they clashed, they shouted and cried so aloud that the valleys resounded.

Et ao ferir, braadarõ et deron tan grãdes vozes que os vales rretenyam.


polo

Learned borrowing from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).


areal

From Old Galician-Portuguese arẽal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from area (“sand”) + -al. Cognate with Portuguese areal and Spanish arenal.


banda

14th century. From Old French bande, bende, from Frankish *bindā, bindu, from Proto-Germanic *bindō (“band”).


zafiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese çafil, from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem”),


ópalo

opal (precious stone consisting of silicon with a variable amount of water)


ría

Attested since 1432. From río (“river”).

o dito seu lugar e vila da Proba ena ria dela

1448, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 560:

said place and town of A Pobra [do Caramiñal] in its bay

Et logo comesçou a rreparrar o castello do Est por gardar a terra dos ysmaelitas et normanos, que entrauã porla rria e estragauã toda a terra.

1460, Rui Vasques, Crónica de Santa María de Iria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 135:

And then he began to repair the castle of Oeste, for protecting the country from the Ismaelites and the Norsemen, who used to enter through the bay, then wasting all the land

(geography) Geographical coastal landform where a river valley is partially subducted under the sea level; similar to a firth, although usually translated into English cartography as bay


montaña

From Old Galician-Portuguese montanna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem. Compare Portuguese montanha, Spanish montaña.

Alá de donde vimos na montaña a miseria é tan grande que non pode a xente se queixar

1853, J. M. Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 58:

There, where we came from, in the highlands, misery is so large that people can't even complain


falla

From Old Galician-Portuguese falla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a Vulgar Latin *fallia, possibly through the intermediate or influence of Old French faille or Old Occitan falha. The geological sense is a more modern one from French.


seo

From Old Galician-Portuguese sẽo, from Latin sinus. Cognate with Portuguese seio and Spanish seno.


nube

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nūbes. Cognate with Portuguese nuvem.


aldea

Attested locally since the 13th century, but uncommon before the 14th. From Old Galician-Portuguese aldea, aldeia, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia and Spanish aldea.


clarear

gl-verb

clarear (first-person singular present clareo, first-person singular preterite clareei, past participle clareado)

clareo (first-person present singular)
clareei (first-person preterite singular)
clareado (participle past)
clareio (first-person present singular)
clareei (first-person preterite singular)
clareado (participle past)
clarear (impersonal infinitive)
clarear (first-person infinitive singular)
clareares (infinitive second-person singular)
clarear (infinitive personal singular)
clarearmos (first-person infinitive plural)
clareardes (infinitive plural second-person)
clarearen (infinitive personal plural)
clareando (gerund)
clareado (masculine participle past singular)
clareado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
clareado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
clareados (masculine participle past plural)
clareados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
clareada (feminine participle past singular)
clareada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
clareada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
clareadas (feminine participle past plural)
clareadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
clareo (first-person indicative present singular)
clareas (indicative present second-person singular)
clarea (indicative present singular)
clareamos (first-person indicative plural present)
clareades (indicative plural present second-person)
clarean (indicative plural present)
clareaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
clareabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
clareaba (imperfect indicative singular)
clareabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
clareabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clareaban (imperfect indicative plural)
clareei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
clareaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
clareou (indicative preterite singular)
clareamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
clareastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
clarearon (indicative plural preterite)
clareara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
clarearas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
clareara (indicative pluperfect singular)
clarearamos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
clarearades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
clarearan (indicative pluperfect plural)
clarearei (first-person future indicative singular)
clarearás (future indicative second-person singular)
clareará (future indicative singular)
clarearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
clarearedes (future indicative plural second-person)
clarearán (future indicative plural)
clarearía (conditional first-person singular)
clarearías (conditional second-person singular)
clarearía (conditional singular)
clareariamos (conditional first-person plural)
clareariades (conditional plural second-person)
clarearían (conditional plural)
claree (first-person present singular subjunctive)
clarees (present second-person singular subjunctive)
claree (present singular subjunctive)
clareemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
clareedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
clareen (plural present subjunctive)
clarease (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
clareases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
clarease (imperfect singular subjunctive)
clareásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
clareásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
clareasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
clarear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
clareares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
clarear (future singular subjunctive)
clarearmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
clareardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
clarearen (future plural subjunctive)
clarea (imperative second-person singular)
claree (imperative singular)
clareemos (first-person imperative plural)
clareade (imperative plural second-person)
clareen (imperative plural)
non clarees (imperative negative second-person singular)
non claree (imperative negative singular)
non clareemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non clareedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non clareen (imperative negative plural)
clarear (impersonal infinitive)
clarear (first-person infinitive singular)
clareares (infinitive second-person singular)
clarear (infinitive singular third-person)
clarearmos (first-person infinitive plural)
clareardes (infinitive plural second-person)
clarearem (infinitive plural third-person)
clareando (gerund)
clareado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
clareado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
clareados (masculine participle past plural)
clareada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
clareada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
clareadas (feminine participle past plural)
clareio (first-person indicative present singular)
clareo (first-person indicative present singular)
clareias (indicative present second-person singular)
clareas (indicative present second-person singular)
clareia (indicative present singular third-person)
clarea (indicative present singular third-person)
clareamos (first-person indicative plural present)
clareades (indicative plural present second-person)
clareais (indicative plural present second-person)
clareiam (indicative plural present third-person)
claream (indicative plural present third-person)
clareava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
clareavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
clareava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
clareávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
clareávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clareáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clareávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
clareavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
clareei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
clareaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
clareache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
clareou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
clareamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
clareastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
clareárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
clarearam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
clareara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
clarearas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
clareara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
clareáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
clareárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
clareáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
clareárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
clarearam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
clarearei (first-person future indicative singular)
clarearás (future indicative second-person singular)
clareará (future indicative singular third-person)
clarearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
clarearedes (future indicative plural second-person)
clareareis (future indicative plural second-person)
clarearám (future indicative plural third-person)
clarearão (future indicative plural third-person)
clarearia (conditional first-person singular)
clarearias (conditional second-person singular)
clarearia (conditional singular third-person)
clarearíamos (conditional first-person plural)
clarearíades (conditional plural second-person)
clarearíeis (conditional plural second-person)
clarearíais (conditional plural second-person)
clareariam (conditional plural third-person)
clareie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
claree (first-person present singular subjunctive)
clareies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
clarees (present second-person singular subjunctive)
clareie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
claree (present singular subjunctive third-person)
clareemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
clareedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
clareeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
clareiem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
clareem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
clareasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
clareasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
clareasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
clareássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
clareássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
clareásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
clareassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
clarear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
clareares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
clarear (future singular subjunctive third-person)
clarearmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
clareardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
clarearem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
clareia (imperative second-person singular)
clarea (imperative second-person singular)
clareie (imperative singular third-person)
claree (imperative singular third-person)
clareemos (first-person imperative plural)
clareade (imperative plural second-person)
clareai (imperative plural second-person)
clareiem (imperative plural third-person)
clareem (imperative plural third-person)
nom clareies (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom clarees (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom clareie (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom claree (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom clareemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom clareedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom clareeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom clareiem (imperative negative plural third-person)
nom clareem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(impersonal, meteorology) to clear up; to stop being stormy, foggy or overcast


crosta

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

(geology) crust (outermost layer of a planet)


terremoto

Learned borrowing from Latin terraemotus.


antártico

gl-adj

antártico (feminine antártica, masculine plural antárticos, feminine plural antárticas)

antártica (feminine)
antárticos (masculine plural)
antárticas (feminine plural)

From Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós, “opposite the arctic”).


erupción

Learned borrowing from Latin ēruptiōnem.


rocha

Attested since the 14th century. From Old French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin. Doublet of roca.


lazo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”).

(meteorology) glaze; covering of ice over a water surface, in cold season


vea

From Old Galician-Portuguese vẽa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vēna. Cognate with Portuguese veia and Spanish vena.


precipitación

Learned borrowing from Latin praecipitātiōnem.


vulcanólogo

gl-noun

vulcanólogo m (plural vulcanólogos, feminine vulcanóloga, feminine plural vulcanólogas)

vulcanólogos (plural)
vulcanóloga (feminine)
vulcanólogas (feminine plural)

From Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcano”), Roman god of fire + -logo.


arxila

Inherited from Latin argilla, from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).


sedimentario

gl-adj

sedimentario (feminine sedimentaria, masculine plural sedimentarios, feminine plural sedimentarias)

sedimentaria (feminine)
sedimentarios (masculine plural)
sedimentarias (feminine plural)


diamante

(card games) diamond (a playing card of the suit diamonds, diamantes)


volcánico

volcánico (feminine volcánica, masculine plural volcánicos, feminine plural volcánicas)

volcánica (feminine)
volcánicos (masculine plural)
volcánicas (feminine plural)


atmosférico

atmosférico (feminine atmosférica, masculine plural atmosféricos, feminine plural atmosféricas)

atmosférica (feminine)
atmosféricos (masculine plural)
atmosféricas (feminine plural)

atmospheric (relative or belonging to the layer of air that surrounds the Earth)


rubí

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rubi, from Old Occitan rubí, from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus. First attested in the 13th century.


ígneo

gl-adj

ígneo (feminine ígnea, masculine plural ígneos, feminine plural ígneas)

ígnea (feminine)
ígneos (masculine plural)
ígneas (feminine plural)

From Latin igneus (“fiery, hot, on fire, burning; ardent, fervid, vehement”), from ignis (“fire”).


seixo

From Latin saxum (“rock”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).


mineralóxico

gl-adj

mineralóxico (feminine mineralóxica, masculine plural mineralóxicos, feminine plural mineralóxicas)

mineralóxica (feminine)
mineralóxicos (masculine plural)
mineralóxicas (feminine plural)


xeotérmico

xeotérmico (feminine xeotérmica, masculine plural xeotérmicos, feminine plural xeotérmicas)

xeotérmica (feminine)
xeotérmicos (masculine plural)
xeotérmicas (feminine plural)


plutónico

plutónico (feminine plutónica, masculine plural plutónicos, feminine plural plutónicas)

plutónica (feminine)
plutónicos (masculine plural)
plutónicas (feminine plural)


xeolóxico

xeolóxico (feminine xeolóxica, masculine plural xeolóxicos, feminine plural xeolóxicas)

xeolóxica (feminine)
xeolóxicos (masculine plural)
xeolóxicas (feminine plural)


evaporación

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvapōrātiōnem.


placa tectónica

gl-noun

placa tectónica f (plural placas tectónicas)


codia

From Vulgar Latin *cutina, from cutis (“skin, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Cognate with Portuguese côdea, Catalan cotna, French couenne.


metamórfico

gl-adj

metamórfico (feminine metamórfica, masculine plural metamórficos, feminine plural metamórficas)

metamórfica (feminine)
metamórficos (masculine plural)
metamórficas (feminine plural)


cinabrio

From Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).


topacio

From Latin topazius, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).


esmeralda

Attested since circa 1300. Possibly through the intermediate of Old French esmeralde (Modern French émeraude), from Vulgar Latin *smeralda, *smaraldus, alteration of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.

Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj, calçedonja, cristal

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:


xeográfico

xeográfico (feminine xeográfica, masculine plural xeográficos, feminine plural xeográficas)

xeográfica (feminine)
xeográficos (masculine plural)
xeográficas (feminine plural)


montañoso

montañoso (feminine montañosa, masculine plural montañosos, feminine plural montañosas)

montañosa (feminine)
montañosos (masculine plural)
montañosas (feminine plural)

From Late Latin montāniōsus, an adjective based on montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”). By surface analysis, montaña + -oso.


xabre

From Old French jable, from Late Latin gabulum, from Proto-Celtic *gablo- (“fork”).


estreito

From Old Galician-Portuguese estreito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin strictus. Compare Portuguese estreito, Spanish estrecho and French étroit. Doublet of estrito, which was a borrowing.


calcario

calcario (feminine calcaria, masculine plural calcarios, feminine plural calcarias)

calcaria (feminine)
calcarios (masculine plural)
calcarias (feminine plural)


Escandinavia

(geology) Scandinavia (a peninsula in northern Europe)


caldeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese caldeyra, from Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeiro.


turmalina

tourmaline (a black, semi-precious gemstone)


micáceo

gl-adj

micáceo (feminine micácea, masculine plural micáceos, feminine plural micáceas)

micácea (feminine)
micáceos (masculine plural)
micáceas (feminine plural)


penedo

que o dicto martin bezerra e a sua moller façan tirar et derribar todos los penedos et pedras de mota que estan cabo da dicta casa sobre la terra os que poderen tirar con palancos de ferro et de madeyro et a maos de omes et que os tiren da mota et que os lançen contra o rrio et façan a mota chaa

1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:

the aforementioned Martin Becerra and his wife should order the toppling of every boulder and every stone of the motte which is by the aforementioned house, with iron levers, and wood levers, and by the hands of men; they should be removed from the motte and thrown into the river, and they should flatten the motte


sistema de posicionamento global

gl-noun

sistema de posicionamento global m (plural sistemas de posicionamento global)

sistemas de posicionamento global (plural)

(cartography) Global Positioning System, GPS


acibeche

[a.θiˈβ̞ɛ.t͡ʃɪ]

[a.θiˈβ̞ɛ.t͡ʃɪ]

First attested in 1370. From Andalusian Arabic السبج (az-zabáǧ), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj, “jet, obsidian”), from Middle Persian špk' (/šabag/, “jet, obsidian”), from šp (/šab/, “night”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷsep- (“night”).

der

Et o caualo era todo rrodado de mãchas, hũas tã brãcas cõmo a neue et outras tã negras cõmo azaueches.

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

And the horse was all covered with spots, some as white as snow, another ones as black as jet

jet (a form of compact, glistening coal often used in jewelry)


faldra

13th century (sofaldrar). From Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan), from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”). Cognate with Portuguese fralda and falda, with Spanish falda and with English fold.


arnela

From local Medieval Latin arenella (“little sand”), from arena (“sand”).


exolúa

(astronomy, planetology) exomoon, extrasolar moon


escoura

From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.


sismoloxía

seismology (the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior)


xadeíta

Compare Spanish jadeíta and Portuguese jadeíte.


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)