balsa

Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

raft; also raft-like group of trunks which are left to flow downriver


nave

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


camión

Attested since 1913. Ultimately from French camion.


barca

From Old Galician-Portuguese barca, from Late Latin barca, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; or either from Latin *barica, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), itself probably of Egyptian origin.


prato

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prato, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us.

etymon

E pois eu doze perdizes,
e de polos ducia e media
lle hei de lebar se Deus quer,
e se podo vnha Tenreyra,
por ser prato regalado
que se estima en calquer mesa.

1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

Then I twelve partridges
and a dozen and a half chickens
I ought to take, God willing,
and if I can a calf [veal]
because it is an enticing dish
that is appreciated in any table.


barco

Attested since the 10th century in Latin documents. From barca.


vagón

First attested in 1876. Borrowed from English wagon.

na compaña dos meus bos amigos Benito das Vacalouras e Martiño de Zamora, metínme nun deses wagós do camiño de ferro d'Ourense a Vigo, i anque fumos nel como sardiñas en banasta, non tivemos queixa, porque neso da comparanza das sardiñas, nosoutros éramos das cabezudas, i as que levábamos á beira eran das escochadas, frescas e pequerrechiñas e cun sal

1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, volume 2, number 45, page 1:

in the company of my good friends Benito das Vacalouras and Martiño from Zamora, I entered one of those wagons of the railroad from Ourense to Vigo and, even if we travelled packed as sardines, we had no complaint, because on that comparison we were as sardines with head, but those next to us were as beheaded sardines, fresh and small and salted


canoa

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa


rostro

From Old Galician-Portuguese rostro, from Latin rōstrum.


garfo

From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).


ambulancia

ambulance (an emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital)


guincho

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, perhaps via Middle English winche.


guincho

gl-noun

guincho m (plural guinchos, feminine guincha, feminine plural guinchas)

guinchos (plural)
guincha (feminine)
guinchas (feminine plural)


guincho

gl-adj

guincho (feminine guincha, masculine plural guinchos, feminine plural guinchas)

guincha (feminine)
guinchos (masculine plural)
guinchas (feminine plural)


transbordador

gl-noun

transbordador m (plural transbordadores)


navío

From Old Galician-Portuguese navio, from Latin nāvigium.

cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas et oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses et vii anssaras et dos capoos et v galinas et ii porcas et iiii trens de nauios que tinna en pinor por vi centos mor.

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

a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats; and eight bushels of legume, beans and peas; and two iron bushels of nuts; and 7 geese, and two capons and 5 hens and 2 sows; and 4 sails of ships that he had pawned for 600 mor.

Et os que ende poderõ escapar daquela queyma fugirõ cõ algũus dos seus navios, et escaparõ fogindo pelo mar.

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 13:

And the ones that could escape of said burning fled away with some of their ships, and got out fleeing by the sea

eu, Rui Gonçalves de Covas, mariñeiro, mestre et señor que soo do navio trincado, que Deus salve, que disen por nome San Marquo

1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53

I, Roi González de Covas, sailor, master and lord of the clinker ship named San Marcos, God protects it


cazo

Unknown. Perhaps from Late Latin cattia.


piragua

From Spanish piragua, from Kari'na piraua.


cadeado

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadẽado (“lock”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin catēnātum, derived from Latin catēna (“chain”).

inh

pareçeu y presente Gonçalvo Fiel, moordomo da dita villa, e presentou ao dito juis, alcaldes, jurado e procuradores, a Gonçalvo de Carcaçia preso dos pees con huus adobes e hũa cadea grosa de ferro fechada con hũu cadeado

1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 132

there appeared Gonzalvo Fiel, butler of the aforementioned town, to present to the mentioned judge, councilors, juror, and council agent one Gonzalvo of Carcarcía, his feet fettered with some bricks and a thick iron chain which was locked with a padlock


furgón

van (a covered vehicle used for carrying goods or people)


carabela

Attested locally since the 14th century. From a diminutive of Late Latin carabus (“coracle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “light ship, horned beetle”).

der

Donde se gasta, è conforme
Milleyros de carabelas,
Como cada dia entran
Por essas portas faxeyras.

1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo:

Where they use, naturally,
thousands of parcels [food baskets],
as each day enter
through these Gates of the Beeches

picnic basket; parcel with provisions, or provisions taken to a journey

Lithophaga lithophaga
Lithophaga lithophaga#English

Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man-of-war

Physalia physalis
Physalia physalis#Translingual

Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)


tuneladora

tunnel boring machine
tunnel boring machine

(engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)


góndola

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoła, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, literally “little tail”).


torradora

From torrar (toast) + -dora, or torrada (toast) + -dora.


guindastre

First attested in the 15th century. Probably from Old Northern French, from Old Norse vinda (“to wind”) + ass (“pole”), from Proto-Germanic *windaną (“to wind”) + *astaz (“branch”). Cognate with Icelandic vindilass and English windlass.


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)

cruiser (a class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship)


vehículo eléctrico

gl-noun

vehículo eléctrico m (plural vehículos eléctricos)


muíño de vento

muíño de vento m (plural muíños de vento)

Muíño (“mill”) + de (“of”) + vento (“wind”).


cazola

From cazo + -ola. Compare Spanish cazuela and French casserole.


furgalla

From furgoneta, changing its suffix to -alla.


cazolo

From cazo + -olo. Compare Spanish cazuela.


touro mecánico

touro mecánico m (plural touros mecánicos)


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)