voz

From Old Galician-Portuguese voz, from Latin vōcem, singular accusative of vōx.


manga

Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


música

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

der

Jubal [...] achou primeyramẽte a arte de musica que he arte de cantar et de fazer sones.

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 16:

Jubal … was the first to find the art of music, which is the art of singing and making sounds


toro

13th century. Inherited from Latin torus, cognate with Spanish tuero. In the second meaning it is rather a learned borrowing from Latin from the same etymon.


vinco

Attested since the 15th century (binco). Semi-learned borrowing from Latin vinculum. Doublet of brinco and vínculo.


corda

From Old Galician-Portuguese corda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

der

(music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)


cantar

gl-verb

cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantei, past participle cantado)

canto (first-person present singular)
cantei (first-person preterite singular)
cantado (participle past)
cantar (impersonal infinitive)
cantar (first-person infinitive singular)
cantares (infinitive second-person singular)
cantar (infinitive personal singular)
cantarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
cantardes (infinitive plural second-person)
cantaren (infinitive personal plural)
cantando (gerund)
cantado (masculine participle past singular)
cantado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
cantado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
cantados (masculine participle past plural)
cantados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
cantada (feminine participle past singular)
cantada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
cantada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
cantadas (feminine participle past plural)
cantadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
canto (first-person indicative present singular)
cantas (indicative present second-person singular)
canta (indicative present singular)
cantamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cantades (indicative plural present second-person)
cantan (indicative plural present)
cantaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cantabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cantaba (imperfect indicative singular)
cantabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cantabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantaban (imperfect indicative plural)
cantei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cantaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cantou (indicative preterite singular)
cantamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cantastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cantaron (indicative plural preterite)
cantara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
cantaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
cantara (indicative pluperfect singular)
cantaramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
cantarades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cantaran (indicative pluperfect plural)
cantarei (first-person future indicative singular)
cantarás (future indicative second-person singular)
cantará (future indicative singular)
cantaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cantaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
cantarán (future indicative plural)
cantaría (conditional first-person singular)
cantarías (conditional second-person singular)
cantaría (conditional singular)
cantariamos (conditional first-person plural)
cantariades (conditional plural second-person)
cantarían (conditional plural)
cante (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cantes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cante (present singular subjunctive)
cantemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cantedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
canten (plural present subjunctive)
cantase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cantases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cantase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
cantásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cantásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cantasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
cantar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cantares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cantar (future singular subjunctive)
cantarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cantardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cantaren (future plural subjunctive)
canta (imperative second-person singular)
cante (imperative singular)
cantemos (first-person imperative plural)
cantade (imperative plural second-person)
canten (imperative plural)
non cantes (imperative negative second-person singular)
non cante (imperative negative singular)
non cantemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non cantedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non canten (imperative negative plural)
cantar (impersonal infinitive)
cantar (first-person infinitive singular)
cantares (infinitive second-person singular)
cantar (infinitive singular third-person)
cantarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
cantardes (infinitive plural second-person)
cantarem (infinitive plural third-person)
cantando (gerund)
cantado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
cantado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
cantados (masculine participle past plural)
cantada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
cantada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
cantadas (feminine participle past plural)
canto (first-person indicative present singular)
cantas (indicative present second-person singular)
canta (indicative present singular third-person)
cantamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cantades (indicative plural present second-person)
cantais (indicative plural present second-person)
cantam (indicative plural present third-person)
cantava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cantavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cantava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cantávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cantávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cantei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cantaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cantache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cantou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cantamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cantastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cantárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cantaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cantara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
cantaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
cantara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
cantáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
cantárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cantáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cantárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cantaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
cantarei (first-person future indicative singular)
cantarás (future indicative second-person singular)
cantará (future indicative singular third-person)
cantaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cantaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
cantareis (future indicative plural second-person)
cantarám (future indicative plural third-person)
cantarão (future indicative plural third-person)
cantaria (conditional first-person singular)
cantarias (conditional second-person singular)
cantaria (conditional singular third-person)
cantaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
cantaríades (conditional plural second-person)
cantaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
cantaríais (conditional plural second-person)
cantariam (conditional plural third-person)
cante (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cantes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cante (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cantemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cantedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
canteis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cantem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cantasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cantasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cantasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cantássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cantássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cantásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cantassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cantar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cantares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cantar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cantarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cantardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cantarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
canta (imperative second-person singular)
cante (imperative singular third-person)
cantemos (first-person imperative plural)
cantade (imperative plural second-person)
cantai (imperative plural second-person)
cantem (imperative plural third-person)
nom cantes (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom cante (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom cantemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom cantedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom canteis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom cantem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre.


ritmo

Learned borrowing from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós), from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).


biblioteca

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

der

Nas vacacións aproveito para ir ler á biblioteca.

I take the opportunity to go read at the library in the holidays.


arco

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus, from Proto-Italic *arkuos.


cámara

From Old Galician-Portuguese camara (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin camara, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “a vaulted chamber”).

der

chamber
namely, the main bedroom of a house

the room used for deliberation by a legislature

(firearms) the area holding the ammunition round

chamber
the area holding the ammunition round


metro

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

(poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


caixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese cajxa~qajxa (compare Portuguese caixa), probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja.


fresco

gl-noun

fresco m (plural frescos, feminine fresca, feminine plural frescas)

frescos (plural)
fresca (feminine)
frescas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese fresco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *friscum.
Fresco, as a painting technique, was taken from Italian fresco.


lima

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin līma (“file”).


nave

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nave, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.


valor

From Old Galician-Portuguese valor, from Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, from Latin valeō (“I am strong”).

(music) value (the relative duration of a musical note)


ponte

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ponte f, from Latin pōns, pontem m. Compare Portuguese ponte f and Spanish puente m.

long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred


castelo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).

(architecture) castle (fortified stronghold)


frontal

[fɾon̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frontal, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

lbor

(architecture) frontal (the façade of a building.)


solo

(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)


universidade

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese universidade, possibly borrowed from Old Spanish universidat, borrowed from Medieval Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus + -tas.


cuarto de baño

gl-noun

cuarto de baño m (plural cuartos de baño)


dormitorio

Learned borrowing from Latin dormītōrium.


bailar

gl-verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)

bailo (first-person present singular)
bailei (first-person preterite singular)
bailado (participle past)
bailar (impersonal infinitive)
bailar (first-person infinitive singular)
bailares (infinitive second-person singular)
bailar (infinitive personal singular)
bailarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
bailardes (infinitive plural second-person)
bailaren (infinitive personal plural)
bailando (gerund)
bailado (masculine participle past singular)
bailado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
bailado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
bailados (masculine participle past plural)
bailados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
bailada (feminine participle past singular)
bailada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
bailada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
bailadas (feminine participle past plural)
bailadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
bailo (first-person indicative present singular)
bailas (indicative present second-person singular)
baila (indicative present singular)
bailamos (first-person indicative plural present)
bailades (indicative plural present second-person)
bailan (indicative plural present)
bailaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bailabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bailaba (imperfect indicative singular)
bailabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bailabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bailaban (imperfect indicative plural)
bailei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
bailaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
bailou (indicative preterite singular)
bailamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
bailastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
bailaron (indicative plural preterite)
bailara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
bailaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
bailara (indicative pluperfect singular)
bailaramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
bailarades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
bailaran (indicative pluperfect plural)
bailarei (first-person future indicative singular)
bailarás (future indicative second-person singular)
bailará (future indicative singular)
bailaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
bailaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
bailarán (future indicative plural)
bailaría (conditional first-person singular)
bailarías (conditional second-person singular)
bailaría (conditional singular)
bailariamos (conditional first-person plural)
bailariades (conditional plural second-person)
bailarían (conditional plural)
baile (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bailes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
baile (present singular subjunctive)
bailemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bailedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bailen (plural present subjunctive)
bailase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bailases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bailase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
bailásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bailásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bailasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
bailar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
bailares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
bailar (future singular subjunctive)
bailarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
bailardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
bailaren (future plural subjunctive)
baila (imperative second-person singular)
baile (imperative singular)
bailemos (first-person imperative plural)
bailade (imperative plural second-person)
bailen (imperative plural)
non bailes (imperative negative second-person singular)
non baile (imperative negative singular)
non bailemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non bailedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non bailen (imperative negative plural)
bailar (impersonal infinitive)
bailar (first-person infinitive singular)
bailares (infinitive second-person singular)
bailar (infinitive singular third-person)
bailarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
bailardes (infinitive plural second-person)
bailarem (infinitive plural third-person)
bailando (gerund)
bailado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
bailado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
bailados (masculine participle past plural)
bailada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
bailada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
bailadas (feminine participle past plural)
bailo (first-person indicative present singular)
bailas (indicative present second-person singular)
baila (indicative present singular third-person)
bailamos (first-person indicative plural present)
bailades (indicative plural present second-person)
bailais (indicative plural present second-person)
bailam (indicative plural present third-person)
bailava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bailavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bailava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bailávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bailávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bailáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bailávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bailavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bailei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
bailaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
bailache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
bailou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
bailamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
bailastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
bailárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
bailaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
bailara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
bailaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
bailara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
bailáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
bailárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
bailáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
bailárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
bailaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
bailarei (first-person future indicative singular)
bailarás (future indicative second-person singular)
bailará (future indicative singular third-person)
bailaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
bailaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
bailareis (future indicative plural second-person)
bailarám (future indicative plural third-person)
bailarão (future indicative plural third-person)
bailaria (conditional first-person singular)
bailarias (conditional second-person singular)
bailaria (conditional singular third-person)
bailaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
bailaríades (conditional plural second-person)
bailaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
bailaríais (conditional plural second-person)
bailariam (conditional plural third-person)
baile (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bailes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
baile (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bailemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bailedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
baileis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bailem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bailasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bailasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bailasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bailássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bailássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bailásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bailassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bailar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
bailares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
bailar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
bailarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
bailardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
bailarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
baila (imperative second-person singular)
baile (imperative singular third-person)
bailemos (first-person imperative plural)
bailade (imperative plural second-person)
bailai (imperative plural second-person)
bailem (imperative plural third-person)
nom bailes (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom baile (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom bailemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom bailedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom baileis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom bailem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese baylar (13th century), probably from Old Occitan balar, from Late Latin ballāre.

anday qu'eu farey justicia
calay e baylay si souberdes

1594, anonymous author, Entremés do pastores:

lets go, I'll do justice,
shut up and dance if you know how


ábaco

From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).

der

(architecture) abacus (uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)


abadía

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia.

et en com̃o fez moytas abbadias et moytas igleias por lo mũdo; et en com̃o as enrrequentou et en com̃o tirou moytos corpos de santos que jaziã soterrados en terra et os meteu en moymẽtos d'ouro et de prata

1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:

and how he made many abbeys and many churches all over the world; and how he enriched them and how he took the bodies of many saints that lay buried in the ground and put them inside gold and silver monuments


cuarto

From Old Galician-Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus. Doublet of carto.


cerca

14th century. Probably a back-formation from Old Galician-Portuguese cercar (“to wall; to enclose”), from Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō; or from a Vulgar Latin circa (compare Spanish cerca, northern Italian cerca, French cerce), from the feminine of Latin circus.


parede

From Old Galician-Portuguese parede, from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem m. Compare Portuguese parede, Spanish pared.

wall, especially of a room or a building


división

Attested since the 13th century (diuisoes, "divisions"). Learned borrowing from Latin dīvīsiōnem. Compare Portuguese divisão.

como por aquela terra hay pouca leña, queimaron toda à madeira das divisions, deixsàndo rasa à casa

1810, Jose Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:

since there are little firewood on that land, they burned down the wood of the partitions, leaving the house bare

division, partition, in particular
(construction) partition

division, partition, in particular
partition


baño

From Old Galician-Portuguese banno, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Compare Portuguese banho, Spanish baño.


prisión

From Old Galician-Portuguese prison, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehensiōnem, displacing Old Galician-Portuguese prijon.

Et esto mando por minna manda et por quanto eu quero yr a Toledo por minna muller et non posso yr sen grande meu peligro de minna morte ou de minna desonrra et non posso yr senon en poder de Johan Perez de Novoa meu primo que por outro camino non posso yr con medo dos yamigos de meu senor el rey don Enrrique, et sinaladamente con medo de Meen Rodrigues de Seabra que he meu yamigo mortal et Pedro Goterres de Barrantes et outros scudeiros que foron en a prison de meu yrmaao o arcediago de Salnes.

1371, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, doc. 1803

And this I send as my bequest, because I want to go to Toledo for my wife and I can't go there without great danger, of my death or of my dishonour; and I can't go but as under Xoán Pérez de Nóvoa, my cousin; because I can't have it other way for fear of the enemies of our king Henry, and, namely, of Men Rodíguez de Seabra, my mortal enemy, and Pedro Gotérrez de Barrantes and other squires which were in the prison of my brother, the archdeacon of Salnés

prison (a place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government)


pintor

gl-noun

pintor m (plural pintores, feminine pintora, feminine plural pintoras)

pintores (plural)
pintora (feminine)
pintoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *pinctor, *pinctōrem, from Latin pictor.


leito

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus. Cognate with Portuguese leito and Spanish lecho.

(masonry) bed (lower surface of an ashlar, brick, etc)


torre

From Old Galician-Portuguese torre, from Latin turris, turrem (“tower”), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

(architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house

prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre

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 806:

they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower


pianista

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistas)


pintar

gl-verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintei, past participle pintado)

pinto (first-person present singular)
pintei (first-person preterite singular)
pintado (participle past)
pintar (impersonal infinitive)
pintar (first-person infinitive singular)
pintares (infinitive second-person singular)
pintar (infinitive personal singular)
pintarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
pintardes (infinitive plural second-person)
pintaren (infinitive personal plural)
pintando (gerund)
pintado (masculine participle past singular)
pintado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
pintado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
pintados (masculine participle past plural)
pintados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
pintada (feminine participle past singular)
pintada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
pintada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
pintadas (feminine participle past plural)
pintadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
pinto (first-person indicative present singular)
pintas (indicative present second-person singular)
pinta (indicative present singular)
pintamos (first-person indicative plural present)
pintades (indicative plural present second-person)
pintan (indicative plural present)
pintaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pintabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pintaba (imperfect indicative singular)
pintabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pintabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pintaban (imperfect indicative plural)
pintei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
pintaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
pintou (indicative preterite singular)
pintamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
pintastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
pintaron (indicative plural preterite)
pintara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
pintaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
pintara (indicative pluperfect singular)
pintaramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
pintarades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
pintaran (indicative pluperfect plural)
pintarei (first-person future indicative singular)
pintarás (future indicative second-person singular)
pintará (future indicative singular)
pintaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
pintaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
pintarán (future indicative plural)
pintaría (conditional first-person singular)
pintarías (conditional second-person singular)
pintaría (conditional singular)
pintariamos (conditional first-person plural)
pintariades (conditional plural second-person)
pintarían (conditional plural)
pinte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pintes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pinte (present singular subjunctive)
pintemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pintedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pinten (plural present subjunctive)
pintase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pintases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pintase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
pintásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pintásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pintasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
pintar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
pintares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
pintar (future singular subjunctive)
pintarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
pintardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
pintaren (future plural subjunctive)
pinta (imperative second-person singular)
pinte (imperative singular)
pintemos (first-person imperative plural)
pintade (imperative plural second-person)
pinten (imperative plural)
non pintes (imperative negative second-person singular)
non pinte (imperative negative singular)
non pintemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non pintedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non pinten (imperative negative plural)
pintar (impersonal infinitive)
pintar (first-person infinitive singular)
pintares (infinitive second-person singular)
pintar (infinitive singular third-person)
pintarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
pintardes (infinitive plural second-person)
pintarem (infinitive plural third-person)
pintando (gerund)
pintado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
pintado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
pintados (masculine participle past plural)
pintada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
pintada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
pintadas (feminine participle past plural)
pinto (first-person indicative present singular)
pintas (indicative present second-person singular)
pinta (indicative present singular third-person)
pintamos (first-person indicative plural present)
pintades (indicative plural present second-person)
pintais (indicative plural present second-person)
pintam (indicative plural present third-person)
pintava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pintavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pintava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pintávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pintávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pintáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pintávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pintavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pintei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
pintaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
pintache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
pintou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
pintamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
pintastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
pintárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pintaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pintara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
pintaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
pintara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
pintáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
pintárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
pintáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
pintárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
pintaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
pintarei (first-person future indicative singular)
pintarás (future indicative second-person singular)
pintará (future indicative singular third-person)
pintaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
pintaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
pintareis (future indicative plural second-person)
pintarám (future indicative plural third-person)
pintarão (future indicative plural third-person)
pintaria (conditional first-person singular)
pintarias (conditional second-person singular)
pintaria (conditional singular third-person)
pintaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
pintaríades (conditional plural second-person)
pintaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
pintaríais (conditional plural second-person)
pintariam (conditional plural third-person)
pinte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pintes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pinte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pintemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pintedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pinteis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pintem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pintasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pintasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pintasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pintássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pintássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pintásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pintassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pintar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
pintares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
pintar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
pintarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
pintardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
pintarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
pinta (imperative second-person singular)
pinte (imperative singular third-person)
pintemos (first-person imperative plural)
pintade (imperative plural second-person)
pintai (imperative plural second-person)
pintem (imperative plural third-person)
nom pintes (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom pinte (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom pintemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom pintedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom pinteis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom pintem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.


tallar

tallar (first-person singular present tallo, first-person singular preterite tallei, past participle tallado)

tallo (first-person present singular)
tallei (first-person preterite singular)
tallado (participle past)
tallar (impersonal infinitive)
tallar (first-person infinitive singular)
tallares (infinitive second-person singular)
tallar (infinitive personal singular)
tallarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
tallardes (infinitive plural second-person)
tallaren (infinitive personal plural)
tallando (gerund)
tallado (masculine participle past singular)
tallado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
tallado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
tallados (masculine participle past plural)
tallados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
tallada (feminine participle past singular)
tallada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
tallada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
talladas (feminine participle past plural)
talladas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
tallo (first-person indicative present singular)
tallas (indicative present second-person singular)
talla (indicative present singular)
tallamos (first-person indicative plural present)
tallades (indicative plural present second-person)
tallan (indicative plural present)
tallaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tallabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tallaba (imperfect indicative singular)
tallabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tallabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tallaban (imperfect indicative plural)
tallei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tallaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tallou (indicative preterite singular)
tallamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tallastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tallaron (indicative plural preterite)
tallara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tallaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
tallara (indicative pluperfect singular)
tallaramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
tallarades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tallaran (indicative pluperfect plural)
tallarei (first-person future indicative singular)
tallarás (future indicative second-person singular)
tallará (future indicative singular)
tallaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
tallaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
tallarán (future indicative plural)
tallaría (conditional first-person singular)
tallarías (conditional second-person singular)
tallaría (conditional singular)
tallariamos (conditional first-person plural)
tallariades (conditional plural second-person)
tallarían (conditional plural)
talle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
talles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
talle (present singular subjunctive)
tallemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
talledes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tallen (plural present subjunctive)
tallase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tallases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tallase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
tallásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tallásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tallasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tallar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
tallares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tallar (future singular subjunctive)
tallarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
tallardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tallaren (future plural subjunctive)
talla (imperative second-person singular)
talle (imperative singular)
tallemos (first-person imperative plural)
tallade (imperative plural second-person)
tallen (imperative plural)
non talles (imperative negative second-person singular)
non talle (imperative negative singular)
non tallemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non talledes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non tallen (imperative negative plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese tallar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin taliāre, a verb based on Latin talea (“cutting taken from a plant”). Cognate with Portuguese talhar and Spanish tajar.


ladrillo

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Spanish ladrillo, from a diminutive form of Latin later. Compare Portuguese ladrilho.

cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro

1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:

five thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay


fachada

Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”).


trompa

From Old Galician-Portuguese tronpa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Onomatopoeic or alternatively from a Germanic language. Compare English trumpet and drum.

Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:

And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself


óleo

Learned borrowing from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), replacing the semi-learned form oyo (13ᵗʰ century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).


pintura

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintura, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, from Latin pictūra.


tecla

(music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)


templo

From Old Galician-Portuguese templo, tenplo, borrowed from Latin templum.


trabe

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam”). Cognate with Portuguese trave. Doublet of treu.

enno dito tenpo vos deuedes agisar et restoyrar a dita casa de todo adubeyro que ouuer mester, saluo ardendo ou quebrando traue, ou quaendo per pe

1378, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 252

during that time you must fix and restore that house of any need it can have, except if it burns, or the girder breaks, or it if collapses

(architecture) beam; girder; trave; crossbeam


artista

gl-noun

artista m or f by sense (plural artistas)


catedral

[kɑ.t̪eˈð̞ɾɑɫ]

Borrowed from Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρᾱ (kathédrā, “seat”).


dragón

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).

c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26

Jason meant to put the dragon to sleep with words and herbs

Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.


estaca

Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from an unattested Medieval Latin *stacca, probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Cognate with Portuguese estaca, Spanish estaca, Catalan estaca, Occitan estaca, Old French estaque and English stake.


claustro

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”). Doublet of caustra.


piar

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese piar (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).


terza

From Old Galician-Portuguese terça, from Latin tertia.


balcón

Probably borrowed from Italian balcone, although it is already attested in local documents since the mid of the 14th century; from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). Cognate with Portuguese balcão, Spanish balcón, French balcon, English balcony.


guitarra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese guitarra, borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cítara and cítola.


dramático

gl-adj

dramático (feminine dramática, masculine plural dramáticos, feminine plural dramáticas)

dramática (feminine)
dramáticos (masculine plural)
dramáticas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós), via Late Latin drāmaticus.


guitarrista

gl-noun

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristas)


gaita

Uncertain; likely from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits. See gaita for other proposals.

gaita tombal

a bagpipe tuned in B flat and built with two drones


camerino

(theater, television, film) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)


arca

From Old Galician-Portuguese arca, archa, arqua, from Latin arca.

(historical, architecture) brattice (of a castle)


manicomio

Spanish manicomio, based on nosocomio (“hospital”), from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), replacing νόσος (nósos, “disease”) with μανίᾱ (maníā, “madness”).

(now offensive) insane asylum, lunatic asylum, mental hospital


clarinete

(music) clarinet (woodwind musical instrument)


tambor

From Old Galician-Portuguese atambor (“Moor drum”), from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).


opereta

(music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)


abstracto

gl-adj

abstracto (feminine abstracta, masculine plural abstractos, feminine plural abstractas)

abstracta (feminine)
abstractos (masculine plural)
abstractas (feminine plural)

[aβ̞s̺ˈt̪ɾɑk.t̪ʊ]

Learned borrowing from Latin abstractus.

(art) abstract (free from representational qualities)


escultura

sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)


mesquita

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).


mesquita

Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatus#Translingual


sinagoga

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).


comedia

From Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía).


acústico

gl-adj

acústico (feminine acústica, masculine plural acústicos, feminine plural acústicas)

acústica (feminine)
acústicos (masculine plural)
acústicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikós, “auditory”).

bor+

(music) acoustic (producing or produced without electrical amplification)


músico

gl-adj

músico (feminine música, masculine plural músicos, feminine plural músicas)

música (feminine)
músicos (masculine plural)
músicas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin mūsicus (“musician; pertaining to music”), from Ancient Greek μουσικός (mousikós, “musical”).


mosteiro

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese mõesteiro (“monastery”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *monistērium from Late Latin monastērium (“monastery, monk's cell”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).


himno

A Latinized spelling from Old Galician-Portuguese yno (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂em- (“sing”).


picado

gl-adj

picado (feminine picada, masculine plural picados, feminine plural picadas)

picada (feminine)
picados (masculine plural)
picadas (feminine plural)

(music) staccato (with each note played for a very short duration)


libretista

gl-noun

libretista m or f by sense (plural libretistas)


cuncha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese concha (first attested in the 13th century). From Vulgar Latin *concla, from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱongʰ-.


alto-relevo

(sculpture) reintegrationist spelling of altorrelevo (“high relief; alto relievo”)


baixo-relevo

reintegrationist spelling of baixorrelevo (“bas relief”)


artístico

gl-adj

artístico (feminine artística, masculine plural artísticos, feminine plural artísticas)

artística (feminine)
artísticos (masculine plural)
artísticas (feminine plural)


macizo

From Old Galician-Portuguese maciço, from Vulgar Latin *massīcius. By surface analysis, masa + -izo.


pazo

→ Spanish: pazo

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese paaço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), form Latin palātium (“palace”). Doublet of palacio.

aquel meu parente ou parenta de terra de lugo e val de quiroga que ao tenpo for erdeiro de aquel paazo vedraño de lousada

1473, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 32:

that relative, man or woman, from the lands of Lugo and Valley of Quiroga that at that time was inheritor of that ancient manor of Lousada

(architecture) mansion; residence of a noble family (more or less, equivalent to a British manor house)


ciborio

(ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)


secuela

(narratology) sequel (a narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own)


machinal

Probably from Mozarabic *machinal, from Late Latin machina (“scaffold”), form machina (“machine, tool”). Cognate with Spanish mechinal.

(architecture) putlog hole; hole made in a wall and used for scaffolding or ventilation


trevo

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *trebăno, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *trebā (“house”). Compare trobo.


cociña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cozinha (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Cognate with Portuguese cozinha, Asturian and Spanish cocina.


cheminea

First attested in the 19th century. From French cheminée.


escaleira

13th century. Adaptation from Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scalaria, from Latin scalae. Compare the doublet esqueira.


escada

14th century. From older escaada, from Old Galician-Portuguese *escaada, from Vulgar Latin *scālata, from Latin scāla (“stair, staircase, ladder”).

inh

Et a moller tornou moyto agina et buscou hũa escaada et Desposome da forqua.

1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: CSIC, page 4:

And the woman returned very soon, searched for a ladder, and took me from the gallows

1385, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 460

[house] which we sell to you in width and throughout, with all of its stones, and walls, and stairs, and exits, and belongings and rights that belong to it and that must belong to it, with its waters, from the sky till the ground

a qual vos vendemos en ancho et en longo con toda sua pedra et paredes et escadas et seydas et perteenças et dreyturas que le perteesçen et perteesçer deven con suas agoas des do çeo a terra


escultor

gl-noun

escultor m (plural escultores, feminine escultora, feminine plural escultoras)

escultores (plural)
escultora (feminine)
escultoras (feminine plural)


baixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”).


xanela

From Old Galician-Portuguese janella (“window”), from Vulgar Latin *iānuella, diminutive of Latin iānua (“door, entry”). Cognate with Portuguese janela and Mirandese jinela.


fiestra

From Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fenestra. Cognate with Portuguese fresta.


ventá

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventãa, from Vulgar Latin *ventāna, derived from Latin ventus (“wind”). Compare Portuguese ventã, venta, and Spanish ventana.


pentagrama

(music) staff, stave (five lines to write music)


tella

From Old Galician-Portuguese tella, from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula. Cognate with Portuguese telha and Spanish teja.


tellado

From Old Galician-Portuguese telhado (“roof”), from Vulgar Latin *teglātu, from Latin tēgulātum, from tēgula (“a roof-tile”). Compare Portuguese telhado, Spanish tejado, Catalan teulada.

inh

Declarou Gonçaluo de Seara que leuara do baño do Posyo seys tellas e as tirara do tellado et que Gonçaluo de Sárrea que leuara a pechadura do baño do Posío da porta de dentro

1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 142:

Gonzalo de Seara declared that he had taken away from the baths of Posío six tiles, which he removed from the roof; and that Gonzalo de Sarria took away the lock of the baths of Posío, from the inner door


agulla

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


trobador

gl-noun

trobador m (plural trobadores, feminine trobadora, feminine plural trobadoras)

trobadores (plural)
trobadora (feminine)
trobadoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese trobador, from Old Occitan trobar. Cognate with Portuguese trovador.


comediante

comediante m or f by sense (plural comediantes)


sevillana

(in the plural) songs and dances that are typical of Seville


xota

Cognate with Spanish jota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“I dance”).

a popular dance with a lively rhythm, common in Aragon, Navarre, and Valencia


trompetista

trompetista m or f (plural trompetistas)

trumpeter; a musician who plays the trumpet


traxicómico

gl-adj

traxicómico (feminine traxicómica, masculine plural traxicómicos, feminine plural traxicómicas)

traxicómica (feminine)
traxicómicos (masculine plural)
traxicómicas (feminine plural)

tragicomic; of or pertaining to dramatic tragicomedy


citarista

gl-noun

citarista m or f by sense (plural citaristas)


esbozar

gl-verb

esbozar (first-person singular present esbozo, first-person singular preterite esbocei, past participle esbozado)

esbozo (first-person present singular)
esbocei (first-person preterite singular)
esbozado (participle past)
esbozar (impersonal infinitive)
esbozar (first-person infinitive singular)
esbozares (infinitive second-person singular)
esbozar (infinitive personal singular)
esbozarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
esbozardes (infinitive plural second-person)
esbozaren (infinitive personal plural)
esbozando (gerund)
esbozado (masculine participle past singular)
esbozado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
esbozado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
esbozados (masculine participle past plural)
esbozados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
esbozada (feminine participle past singular)
esbozada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
esbozada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
esbozadas (feminine participle past plural)
esbozadas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
esbozo (first-person indicative present singular)
esbozas (indicative present second-person singular)
esboza (indicative present singular)
esbozamos (first-person indicative plural present)
esbozades (indicative plural present second-person)
esbozan (indicative plural present)
esbozaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
esbozabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
esbozaba (imperfect indicative singular)
esbozabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
esbozabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
esbozaban (imperfect indicative plural)
esbocei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
esbozaches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
esbozou (indicative preterite singular)
esbozamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
esbozastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
esbozaron (indicative plural preterite)
esbozara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
esbozaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
esbozara (indicative pluperfect singular)
esbozaramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
esbozarades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
esbozaran (indicative pluperfect plural)
esbozarei (first-person future indicative singular)
esbozarás (future indicative second-person singular)
esbozará (future indicative singular)
esbozaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
esbozaredes (future indicative plural second-person)
esbozarán (future indicative plural)
esbozaría (conditional first-person singular)
esbozarías (conditional second-person singular)
esbozaría (conditional singular)
esbozariamos (conditional first-person plural)
esbozariades (conditional plural second-person)
esbozarían (conditional plural)
esboce (first-person present singular subjunctive)
esboces (present second-person singular subjunctive)
esboce (present singular subjunctive)
esbocemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
esbocedes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
esbocen (plural present subjunctive)
esbozase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
esbozases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
esbozase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
esbozásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
esbozásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
esbozasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
esbozar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
esbozares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
esbozar (future singular subjunctive)
esbozarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
esbozardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
esbozaren (future plural subjunctive)
esboza (imperative second-person singular)
esboce (imperative singular)
esbocemos (first-person imperative plural)
esbozade (imperative plural second-person)
esbocen (imperative plural)
non esboces (imperative negative second-person singular)
non esboce (imperative negative singular)
non esbocemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non esbocedes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non esbocen (imperative negative plural)


métrica

(poetry, music) meter (rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


xenio

(countable) genius (someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill)


fuste

13th century. From Latin fūstis (“staff, club”).


dodecafónico

gl-adj

dodecafónico (feminine dodecafónica, masculine plural dodecafónicos, feminine plural dodecafónicas)

dodecafónica (feminine)
dodecafónicos (masculine plural)
dodecafónicas (feminine plural)


guitarra eléctrica

gl-noun

guitarra eléctrica f (plural guitarras eléctricas)


guitarra acústica

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarras acústicas)


capela

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

inh

(religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)


hórreo

From Old Galician-Portuguese orreo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin horreum (“storehouse; granary”), from Ancient Greek ὡρεῖον (hōreîon). Cognate with Spanish hórreo and Portuguese hôrreo.

Pediu o apoio da artillería e ó mediodía o hórreo estoupou en anacos.

2011, Robert Skyler, Fragmentos Terra: S. S. H. U. T., Palibrio, page 19:

He asked for artillery support and at noon the raised granary was blasted to bits.

a slatted granary placed on top of staddle stones, used for preserving and drying grain; corn crib


espadana

From espada (“sword”), from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognate with Spanish espadaña.


cantautor

gl-noun

cantautor m (plural cantautores, feminine cantautora, feminine plural cantautoras)

cantautores (plural)
cantautora (feminine)
cantautoras (feminine plural)


estrofa

From Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”).


alborada

Attested since 1827. From albor + -ada. Cognate with Portuguese alvorada and Spanish alborada.

A gaita e o tamboril
Co máis ardente antusiasmo
Tocando unha muiñeiriña
Un valse repenicado
Unha alegre salerosa
Unh'alborada ou fandango

Bagpipe and tabor
With the most ardent enthusiasm
Playing a muiñeira,
an allegro waltz,
a jovial salerosa,
an alborada or a fandango

(music) solemn or joyful traditional musical composition usually played on bagpipe, soon in the morning, during local festivities


tamboril

Attested since circa 1594. From tambor + -il.

Bagpipe and drum,
with the most burning enthusiasm
playing a muiñeira,
an allegro waltz,
a jovial salerosa,
an alborada or a fandango

kind of tabor or small drum usually played with two drumsticks


iambo

From Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

(poetry) iamb (metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one)


formigón

unha ponte de formigón.


cachotaría

Cachote (“loose piece of stone”) + -aría.

suffix

dry-stone (stones interlocked without mortar, as a building method)


costeiro

From *costanario, from Latin costa (“rib; side”). Cognate with Spanish costanero.


pouso

Back-formation from pousar or from pousa.

(construction) corbel or projecting support for beams, inside a house

(construction, civil law) inside a house, division in between two consecutive beams or a wall and a parallel beam


peitoril

From Vulgar Latin *pectorilis, *pectorile, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.

Jten faser todo de nouo os peytorij́ns das ditas casas e poer jaztas e sobrejaztas, e rrecorrer o soyo dos sobrados das ditas casas.

1450, A. Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 88:

Item, to rebuild the parapets of the aforementioned houses, to put the bearers and the joists, and to lie down the planking of the upper floors


predela

From Italian predella, from Lombardic pretil.


pombal

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese poombar, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin palumbāre, from Latin palumbēs (“pigeon”). Cognate with Portuguese pombal, Spanish palomar.

damus e outorgamus a uos [...] Ia leyra derdade que abemus en Eires como departe pe-la leyra do casal de Cima de Villa en o qual mora Domingo Eanes, e da outra parte pe-los marcos que y estan chantados, e da outra parte pe-la careyra, e da outra parte pe-la pedra que esta en fondo desta leira; conuen a saber que vos fazades esta leira Ia cassa pera lagar e non fazades en ela outra casa nenuna nen poombal, nen tolades o carril da uila

1277, M. Lucas Alvarez, P. P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 411:

we give and grant you a field that we have in Eires, as it departs from the farm of Cimadevila where Domigo Eanes lives, in the other side by the boundary stones that are thrusted there, in the other side by the road, and in the other side by the rock that is at the end of this field; and you shall build in this field a winery, but you should not build there any other house or dovecote, nor should you occupy the way to the village

dovecote (small building in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house)


muiñeira

Muíño (“mill”) + -eira, "(dance) of the mill".

Vexamos outra especie de muiñeira, o «Golpe».

1963, Actas do 1º congresso de etnografia e folclore, volume 2, Junta da Acção Social, page 135:

Let’s see another type of muiñeira, the “Golpe.”

a traditional dance and musical genre of Galicia, characterised by a 6/8 tempo, lively, choreographic dancing and the use of bagpipes


arqueta

Attested since circa 1300; from arca (“box”) + -eta.


vilancico

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


mainel

From Old French *meienel, from Vulgar Latin *medianellus, from Latin mediānus (“middle, central”). Cognate of French meneau, Catalan mainell.


adufe

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adufe, from Arabic الدُّفّ (ad-duff, “tambourine”), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯 (dp /dap/, “daf”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). Compare Portuguese adufe.

inh+

Falas como nun Cortello
è ainda hà de aver un estrozo,
pois sin ver que o fol è mozo,
dàs nel como nun fol vello:
ay Mingota eu chè aconsello,
non fagas con que se atufe,
librenos Dios de que bufe,
por que si colle un fumeiro
en boas mans està ô Pandeiro
para quentarche ô adufe.

1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:

You speak as a stable,
and yet there will be a wreck,
because, don't seeing that the bag is young,
you hit it as if it was old:
oh, Mingota, I recommend that you
don't anger him,
God save us from him seething,
because if he grabs a club
the tambourine is in good hands
for heating your adufe drum

(music) kind of squared tambourine of Arab origin


troneira

(architecture, military) embrasure, crenel (indentation between the merlons of a battlement)


gaiteiro

gl-noun

gaiteiro m (plural gaiteiros, feminine gaiteira, feminine plural gaiteiras)

gaiteiros (plural)
gaiteira (feminine)
gaiteiras (feminine plural)

(music) bagpiper (one who plays the bagpipes)


cámara de vídeo

cámara de vídeo f (plural cámaras de vídeo)


comedia de situación

comedia de situación f (plural comedias de situación)

sitcom, situation comedy (episodic comedy television program)


lanceiro

From Late Latin lanciārius, from Latin lancea + -ārius. By surface analysis, lanza + -eiro.

se alguas seeteyras ou lançeyros estan feytas en a parede da dicta casa, que as çarren de pedra et que as non abran nunca nen façan y outras alguas a saluo fique en o sotoo da dicta casa as lumeeyras que foren neçesarias et perteesçentes para dar lume ao dicto sotoo que non seian por maneyra de defensa algua

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

if some arrowslits or embrasures are built in the walls of that tower house, they must be closed in stone, never to be reopened, and they shouldn't build new ones, with this exception, that in the ground floor there should be enough and sufficient skylights for lightening the aforementioned ground floor, but as long as they can't be used for defense

(archaic, military, architecture) embrasure


ermida

From Old Galician-Portuguese ermida, hermida, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἔρημος (érēmos, “solitary”).
Cognate with Portuguese ermida, Spanish ermita and Catalan ermita.

an isolated chapel, shrine or other sanctuary, often in the care of a hermit or anchorite


provizo

Attested since 1370. Perhaps from Latin provisus (“foreseen”)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) goblin, imp


armila

(architecture) annulet (ring-shaped molding at the top of a column)


alalá

¡Ai, o alalá, miña santa, cántase cando se chora; chórase cando se canta!

1961, Diccionario enciclopédico gallego-castellano, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 99:

Alas! the alalá, my darling, is sung when crying; it's cried when singing!

[…], un alalá ignorado polo resto dos homes.

2014, Francisco X. Fernández Naval, Maribel Longueira, As crebas: Outro xeito de andar ao mar, Baía Edicións, page 73:

[…] , an alalá ignored by the rest of the men.

Catro vellos mariñeiros
todos metidos nun bote
voga, voga, mariñeiro
vamos pra Viveiro
xa se ve San Roque;
voga, voga, mariñeiro
vamos pra Viveiro
xa se ve San Roque.
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalá!
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!

Catro vellos mariñeiros (traditional song)

(music) a traditional type of chant from Galicia, characterised by the use of meaningless vocalisations at the refrain or chorus


sambódromo

sambadrome (exhibition place for samba schools in Brazil)


pastelista

pastelista m or f by sense (plural pastelistas)

(art) pastellist (an artist who works in pastels)


zanfona

14th century. Semi-learned borrowing from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía, “symphony”). Cognate with Portuguese sanfona and Spanish zampoña.


bordón

From Old French bordon (“bumblebee; musical instrument”).

bor

(music) in a musical instrument, its thickest string, which produces the lowest tones


orgo

From Old Galician-Portuguese orgõo (attested since the 14th century), from Latin organum. Doublet of órgano. Cognate with Portuguese órgão. For the development of the ending, compare ravo (from Latin raphanus) and orfo (from Latin orphanus).

Ca ali eram os jograres moytos de moytas maneyras: os hũus cõ vyolas, outros cõ loudes, outros cõ çitolas, outros cõ çinfonyas, outros cõ arpas, outros (cõ) salteyros et orgõos

c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 357

Because there were many musicians in many ways: some of them with violas, another ones with lutes, some others with citterns, others with hurdy-gurdies, others with harps, others with psalteries and organs

en cada corta feira y en cada sabado sen as misas cantadas con los orgoos tangidos

1457, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 649:

each Wednesday and Saturday the masses should be sung while they play the organs


outón

From outo + -ón, from Latin altus (“high”).


bufarda

From bufar (“to buff”). Cognate with Spanish buharda, buhardilla.


Pedro Chosco

Pedro (“Peter”) + Chosco (“having a winked eye”).

Váite d'ahí, Pedro Chosco, non m'atentes a criada, que n-a calzas nin-a vistes nin lle pagas a soldada

1886, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, Folk-lore español: Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españolas ...:

Go away, Pedro Chosco, don't induce my maid: you don't buy her shoes, nor clothes, and you don't pay her wage


trasno

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin trānsgredior (“I cross over (fig., the law)”). Cognate of Portuguese trasgo, Asturian trasgu, Spanish trasgo.

der

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) A mischievous mythological creature, usually domestic and similar to a goblin or brownie, other times more similar to a nightmare, found in the legends of the North and West of the Iberian peninsula


colmea

13th century, and attested as colmena in local Medieval Latin documents since 937. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *kŏlmēnā, probably of Celtic origin. From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos (“stalk”). Cognate with Portuguese colmeia, Spanish colmena.

Mando o meu quiñõ daſ colmeaſ de San Migueli de Monte Furado que aſ dia y que arça y a zera por mi alma

1281, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 133:

I give also my share of the beehives of Saint Michael in Monte Furado; let the wax burn there for my soul


tarabela

gl-noun

tarabela m or f by sense (plural tarabelas)

Perhaps from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”); cognate with Portuguese tagarela.

(music) percussion musical instrument build from a cane


cruceiro

15th century. From cruz (“cross”) + -eiro. Cognate with Portuguese cruzeiro and Spanish crucero.

calvary; Galician high cross, frequently representing a scene of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and located either at the churchyard or at a crossroad

Dende o cruceiro tíñase unha vista xeral da igrexa.

There was a general view of the church from the crossing.

(architecture) crossing (the volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it)

cruise (a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure)

cruise ship, cruiser (a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience)


lumieira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lumẽeira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin lūmināria (“skylight, window”), from Latin lūmen. Cognate with Spanish lumbrera (“louver”) and French lumière.


doela

1434 ("duella"); from Old French douelle, diminutive of doue, from Latin doga (“vessel”). Cognate with Portuguese aduela, Spanish duela.

1434, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso (1434), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 169

[During the construction of the bridge of Ourense] you should pick and give a hundred yards of stone staves, which you should deliver carved; each yard of stone must measure four handspans, as measured by the belly of the stave

que collades et diedes colleytas enno monte das Trees çen varas de pedras de duellas, as quaes avedes de dar gastadas et que aja en cada vara de pedra quatro palmos de longo medidos por el vendre ventre dela duella

(architecture) voussoir (one of a series of wedge-shaped bricks forming an arch or vault)


cumieira

From cume + -eira, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Cognate with Portuguese cumeeira and Spanish cumbrera.


perpiaño

From Old French (compare French parpaing), from Vulgar Latin *perpetaneus. Cognate with Portuguese perpianho.

(construction) perpent stone, through stone


antepeito

From ante (“berfore”) + peito (“chest”).


diaño

Attested since circa 1536. From Old Galician-Portuguese diabo, earlier diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo; from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

der

(religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)


papón

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) ogre; bogeyman


oceánide

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Oceanid


bordinga

/boɾˈðiŋɡa̝/

(architecture) putlog (one of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose)


ástrago

Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin astracum, astricum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “potsherd”). Cognate with French âtre, Italian lastrico and German Estrich.

(regional) entryway and corridor or hallway of a traditional palloza house


lousado

From lousa (“slab, flagstone”), lousar (“to tile”). Compare Spanish enlosado.


caravilla

From Old Galician-Portuguese cravilla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term derived from Latin clavicula (“little key”). Doublet of chavella and clavícula. Compare Portuguese cravelha and Spanish clavija.

outros contaban que Beja
lle apretara as carabillas.
Esto ben podrà ser certo,
p[o]rq[u]e cando este Señor
lle berraba, el tembraba,
é aposto eu que tiña
ó ollo do cu tan cerrado,
que era imposible coupese
un grau de millo p[o]r el;

1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

others told that Beja
had tightened his pegs.
This is probably true,
because when this lord
was shouting him, he was trembling
and I bet that
his asshole was so tight
that it was not possible that
a corn grain entered in it

peg under the bed of the cart used for tying and securing the load with ropes

one of several pegs which fasten the wheels to the axe in a traditional Galician cart

destes por nove cravillas para as traves viinte moravedis

1418, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 117

You gave, for nine pegs for the beans, twenty maravedis


ucheira

Attested since 1234 (uscheria). From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Latin ostiārius, from ostium (“door”), or from ustulāria from ustulō (“I scorch”).

(usually in the plural, architecture) jamb, especially of an oven


chapacuña

(construction) stone construction technique in which flat stones are placed vertically, rather than horizontally

(construction) dam constructed with said technique


aparelloa

Attested since the 15th century. An old diminutive of aparello (“device”): aparello + -oa.

Iten sabado seginte destes ao dito Alvaro da Rocha et seu moço dose moravedis et a septe carpenteiros cinquoeenta et seis moravedis et a quatro serventes des et oyto moravedis et a oyto serventes do Girio oyto moravedis hũa aparelloa çinquo moravedis que monta noveenta et nove moravedis.

1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 118

Item, next Saturday you paid to said Álvaro da Rocha and his apprentice twelve maravedis and to seven carpenters fifty-six maravedis and to four servants eighteen maravedis and to eight servants of the shire eight maravedis, a stretcher five maravedis, which amounts to ninety-nine maravedis

(construction, dated) stretcher for moving heavy loads in short trajects


padia

From Late Latin patǐna (“manger”), from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē). Cognate with French panne, Gascon Occitan paneau, German Pfette (“purlin”).

(construction) each one of the four beams or boards of a roof, which lie directly above the walls


fumeira

From fume (“smoke”) + -eira; or directly from Latin fūmārium (“smoke chamber”).


tamboira

Unknown, perhaps from a local Celtic substrate language, ultimately from *temH- (“dark”)


parrumeira

vertical stone by the hearth which protects people, animals and ware from the fire


abelurio

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature, similar to a goblin, found in the legends of the Northwest of the Iberian peninsula


EPI

equipo de protección individual#Galician

Acronym of equipo de protección individual (“PPE (personal protective equipment)”).


cimorro

(ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)


axóuxere

[aˈʃou̯ʃɪɾɪ]


fraixolé

From French flageolet, from Old French flajol (“flute”) + diminutive -et; probably from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (“flute”), from Latin flāre (“to blow”).


anllar

Probably from Latin angularis (“square; placed at corners”), or either related to lar (“hearth”).


canzorro

From can (“dog”). Compare also Portuguese cachorro.


xaneira

From quendas xaneiras (“the calends of January”), from Latin kalendas ianuarias. Compare Portuguese janeiras.

(in the plural) New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)


cando os animais falaban

Literally, “When animals used to speak”.

No tempo en que falaban os animales, achou unha vez un raposo moi larpeiro a un galo erguido na pola dun carballo e puxose a parolar co el diste xeito:
 — Bos días nos dé Deus amigo, como che vai?
 — Ben e a ti?
 — Non che oio ben; por qué non baixas? Sei que desconfías? Non sabes que hai unha orde que di que agora nin os gatos poden comer aos ratos, nin os raposos aos galos?

Once upon a time, a gluttonous fox found a rooster standing on an oak's branch, and he began chitchatting with the rooster in this manner:
 “Good morning on behalf of God, my friend, how do you do?”
 “Well, and you?”
 “I can barely hear you, why don't you come down? Or is it that you distrust? Don't you know that there is an order that says that now cats can't eat mice nor foxes roosters?”

(used at the beginnings of fairytales, idiomatic) once upon a time


sugota

Corréro-no as meigas; Chuchouno a sugota

1886, Antonio María de la Iglesia, El Idioma Gallego:

(folklore, mythology) hag; a she-vampire


pandeirada

(music) festive traditional music piece and dance interpreted by several feminine voices accompanied by pandeiros


xamba

From French jambe, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek κάμπη (kámpē), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare Spanish jamba, English jamb.


cortalumes

(architecture) firewall (a fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle)


colmadura

Attested since 1474. From colmar + -dura.

que fumegen e mantenan a dita casa de pedra e madeyra e colmadura em tal manna que se non parta per mingoa de boo favor e reparamento

1474, M. del Carmen Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 341:

they shall smoke and maintain said house of stone, wood and thatch in such a manner that it doesn't decay because of lack or work and repair

(construction) thatched roof; thatch used in the construction of a building or house


de oído

(idiomatic, chiefly music, language learning) by ear


formigoneira

cement mixer, concrete mixer (a device used in construction in which cement, aggregate and water are slowly mixed together in a revolving drum to form concrete)


xuntoiro

Attested since circa 1800. From xunta (“meeting”) or xuntar (“to unite, reunite”) and -oiro.


xácea

Probably from Arabic جِسْر (jisr, “[wooden] bridge”): compare Classical Syriac ܓܫܪܐ (“bridge; beam”), from the same Akkadian root. Cognate with Spanish jácena and Catalan jàssera.


nembro

From Old Galician-Portuguese nembro, from Latin membrum (“member; limb”), from Proto-Indo-European *memso-, *mems-ro (“flesh”). Doublet of membro (“member”).


armacén

Borrowed from Arabic المَخْزَن (al-maḵzan). Compare Portuguese armazém, Spanish almacén, English magazine.


cornixa

Probably borrowed from French corniche, ultimately from Latin cornīx (“crow”).