solto

[ˈs̺ɔl̪.t̪ʊ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese solto, from Vulgar Latin *soltus, from Latin solutus. Cognate with Portuguese solto and Spanish suelto.


solta

From solto (“loose”). Attested since the 15th century.

digamos que o Cauallo deue no preseuel estar en dous arretaes et en duas soltas asy postas que lle non danen os pees.

c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 59:

Let's say that the horse must be at the manger tied with two ropes and two hobbles so set as not to damage the feet

hobble; chain or rope used to tie together two limps of an animal, so restricting its movement

any rope or chain used analogously in a cart, for retaining the load


balcón

balcóns (plural)
balcom (alternative)
balcão (alternative)

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.

der

1347, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 425

that they do and erect so as they don't obstruct the view of the windows of the balcony of my other house which is near this one

que façan et ergan en maneyra que non entargem o viso das feestras do balcon da outra mina casa que esta a so nesta


guitarra

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


guitarra

gl-noun

guitarra m or f by sense (plural guitarras)


método

Learned borrowing from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).


riqueza

From Old Galician-Portuguese requeza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from rico + -eza.

riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)

largueza cõtra avariçia, et omildade cõtra a soberbea, et castidade cõtra a luxuria, et oraçõ cõtra a entẽçon do [demo], et pobreza cõtra a rriqueza

1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 88:

generosity versus avarice, and humbleness versus haughtiness, and chastity versus lust, and prayer versus the Devil's design, and poverty versus richness

(uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)


filamento

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).


apicultor

gl-noun

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)

apicultores (plural)
apicultora (feminine)
apicultoras (feminine plural)


arancel

[a.ɾan̪ˈθɛɫ]

[a.ɾan̪ˈθɛɫ]

Borrowed from Spanish arancel, from Andalusian Arabic الأَنْزِالْ (al-ʔanzél), from Arabic إِنْزَال (ʔinzāl), verbal noun of أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala, “to get [something] down; to reveal”), having undergone imāla.


fiado

Mando o fiado daſ eſtopaſ que teño debaado a Maria Suarez τ a Tereyga τ Maria Martinz.

1281, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 133

I give the yarn of tow I have reeled to María Suarez and Tereixa and María Martís

Iten, Johán Cortido, vesiño da çidade d'Ourense, et sua ama diseron, por lo dito juramento que feito avyan, que omes de Aluaro de Taboa[da] que lle lleuaron e tomaron do seu lugar de Casa Noua sete mantas e hun alfamare e tres sabaas de cama et hun pano de cabeça et quatro toucas et hun sodario et viinte e duas maranas de fiado delgado et seys bincos de prata et huas doas de viinte pares de doas et hun leitón, por que lle dauan dosentos mrs, et seys sacos et dous coitellos de mesa et çen mrs vellos en diñeiros, et tres capilejos et dous vntos, et dous legóos nouos et hun espeto et hua fouçe et hun caldeiro de cobre et hun manto vermello et hua sabaa, e que todo lle tomaran e que a apancaran e que a encheran de couçes

1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:

Item, Xoán Cortido, neighbor of the city of Ourense, and his housekeeper, told, under the oath they'd done, that men of Álvaro de Taboada took from them and took in their place of Casa Nova: seven blankets, a quilt, three bedsheets, a cloth for the head, and four shawls and a shroud and twenty two skeins of thin yarn and six silver earrings and twenty pairs of beads and a piglet, for which they would give two hundred maravedis, and six bags and two table knives and a hundred old maravedis in coins, and three coifs and two lards, and two new hoes and a roasting skewer and a sickle and a copper cauldron and a red robe and a sheet, and that all this they took and that they beat her up and filled her with kicks


perda

From Old Galician-Portuguese perda, from Vulgar Latin *perdĭta through haplology, from the feminine of Latin perditus (“lost”), perfect passive participle of perdō (“I lose”).

Neste exercicio fiscal tivemos perdas.


asento

Attested since 1457. Back-formation from asentar.


ruso

gl-noun

ruso m (plural rusos, feminine rusa, feminine plural rusas)

rusos (plural)
rusa (feminine)
rusas (feminine plural)


economista

economista m or f by sense (plural economistas)


lenda

From Old Galician-Portuguese leenda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of legō (“I read”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

der

En Galicia contamos cun importante testemuño literario deste asunto na lenda da traslación dos restos do apóstolo Santiago, recollida no libro III do Codex Calixtinus, redactado no século XII.

2006, Xosé Manuel González Reboredo, Lendas galegas de tradición oral, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 27:

In Galicia we have an important literary account on this matter: the legend of the translation of the remains of the apostle Saint James, collected in the third book of the Codex Calixtinus, written during the 12th century.

legend (story describing extraordinary events)

legend (person of extraordinary accomplishment)

legend (an inscription, motto, or title)

c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Glosario. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 652

And God made so much grace and gave me such an inteligence and [made me] so cunning that I learned aljamiado and all the script of the Moors

Et fezomj Deus tãta merçee et deumj tal engeno et tã sotil que aprendj aliamja et toda a leenda dos mouros


esca

Circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ēsca.

y achou cõ aquel arco hum estormento, et seu esqueyro, et sua ysca, et seu pedernal em el

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 220:

there he found, together with that bow, a tinderbox, with its lighter, its tinder, and its flint inside it

tinder (dry plants used to light a fire)


neto

gl-noun

neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)

netos (plural)
neta (feminine)
netas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese neto, from local Medieval Latin nepto, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”). Cognate with Portuguese neto and Spanish nieto.


neto

Unknown: attested since the 15th century; lacks cognates in Portuguese or Spanish.

Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla deitaredes medio açu[n]bre d'agua de chuuja e ferua fasta que mĩgue la metade cõ as ditas agallas quebradas

1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:

The good ink must be prepared in this manner: for preparing a pint of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall: you'll add half an azumbre [1/2 of 2 l] of rain water, and you'll let it boil till it reduces to the half, with those galls broken in it

non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?

1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23)

our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?

a traditional unit of volume, equivalent to a pint or half a litre


paciencia

paciencias (plural)
pacencia (alternative)


troiano

troiano m (plural troianos, feminine troiana, feminine plural troianas)

troianos (plural)
troiana (feminine)
troianas (feminine plural)


teocracia

theocracy (government under the control of a state-sponsored religion)


anarquía

anarquías (plural)
anarquia (alternative)


patrón

patrón m (plural patróns, feminine patroa, feminine plural patroas)

patróns (plural)
patroa (feminine)
patroas (feminine plural)

Ó redor da lareira, na cuciña da casa máis chea do logar de Outeiro, xunta estaba a familia. O patrón sentado no escano cos pés fóra e por riba das zocas, quentábase, ó mesmo tempo que, cun forquito bandexaba os toxos, que dempois metía pra debaixo do caldeiro; a muller, sentada no chan, partía os cachelos pró caldo, ia herdeira, filla úneca daquel xuntoiro e xoia daquela casa, fiaba na roca os cerros, prá tea do ano.

The family was reunited around the hearth, in the kitchen of the fullest house of the hamlet of Outeiro. The head of the household was sitting on the bench, his feet out and on the clogs, warming while he was shaking the furzes with a poke before placing them under the cauldron; the wife, sitting on the ground, was snapping the potatoes for the broth, and the heir, only child of that union and that home's jewel, was spinning the flax, for the year's cloth.


tumulto

From Latin tumultus (“uproar, tumult; riot”).


elmo

From Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), from Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).


pasada

From Old Galician-Portuguese passada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from pasar (“to pass”).

one of several stones placed in a river by way of a bridge


científico

gl-noun

científico m (plural científicos, feminine científica, feminine plural científicas)

científicos (plural)
científica (feminine)
científicas (feminine plural)


arroz

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišder.
Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza)bor.
Arabic رُزّ (ruzz)
Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz)
Andalusian Arabic روزbor.
Galician arroz
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic روز, from Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), from رُزّ (ruzz), borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

etymon

(uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)

Gran caldeiro de arroz con leite e outras miudenzas.

Large cauldron of rice with milk and other offal.

(uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)


pulgada

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Its shape may suggest a borrowing via Spanish pulgada; compare Portuguese polegada.

(historical, measure) pulgada, Spanish inch, a former unit of length


esófago

[eˈs̺ɔ.fɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

[eˈs̺ɔ.fɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

From Medieval Latin oesophagus, from Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos).


física

From New Latin physica (“physics”), from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”).

der

(uncountable) physics (branch of science)


purgatorio

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pūrgātōrium (“cleansing”).


testamento

From Old Galician-Portuguese testamento, from Latin testamentum (“testament”).

Et mando et quero que esta seia a minna postrimeyra voontade et se esto non valer commo testamento mando que valla commo codiçillo ou commo outra escriptura publica qualquier

1323, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo, IV, page 59:

I order and want that this be my last will, and if it is not valid as testament then I order that it serves as codicil or as another whichever public deed


patriota

gl-noun

patriota m or f by sense (plural patriotas)


lontra

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

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

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

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


pesco

Es máis burro que tres pescos!

You are more stupid than three fishermen!


suor

Attested since circa 1300 (suur). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin sūdōrem. Cognate with Portuguese suor, Spanish sudor.

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

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

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


efectivo

cash (money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.)


colar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colar, from Latin collaris.


clínica

(healthcare) clinic (small medical facility)


bizantino

gl-noun

bizantino m (plural bizantinos, feminine bizantina, feminine plural bizantinas)

bizantinos (plural)
bizantina (feminine)
bizantinas (feminine plural)

Byzantine (native of the Byzantine Empire)


torrente

Learned borrowing from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (“rushing”, “torrential”) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (“I scorch, burn, parch”).


principiante

principiante m or f by sense (plural principiantes)


hagiografia

reintegrationist spelling of haxiografía


colección

Learned borrowing from Latin collēctiōnem.


peso molecular

gl-noun

peso molecular m (plural pesos moleculares)


bilingüe

bilingüe m or f by sense (plural bilingües)

bilingües (plural)
bilíngue (alternative)


diámetro

diámetros (plural)
diâmetro (alternative)


andamio

From Old Galician-Portuguese andamio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from andar (“walk; level”) + -mio.

part of the axle in contact with the wheel

1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 89

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Et agora vos, o dito Juan Fernandes Agulla, queriades andar et faser andameo para senpre por lo dito eixido das casas de bosa morada para a bosa orta et eixido que vay de longo con o dito meu terratorio et eixido, en maneira que ouvesedes sayda para a Rua dos Tornos da dita villa, por lo boso pardineiro, que foy casa, que sal con portas aa dita Rua

1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186

And all the ladies of Troy were in the towers and the wall hoardings, heavily frightened and worried

Et todas las donas de Troya estauã por las torres et por andameos dos muros espauoradas et coytadas fortemẽt.


estro

(uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals


pandeiro

Perhaps from Late Latin pandurius, from Ancient Greek. Cognate with Portuguese pandeiro and Spanish pandero.

pandeiro in Os instrumentos musicais na tradición galega

a double skinned frame drum, used in traditional folk music


identificación

identificación f (plural identificacións)

identificacións (plural)
identificaçom (alternative)
identificação (alternative)


perdedor

perdedor m (plural perdedores, feminine perdedora, feminine plural perdedoras)

perdedores (plural)
perdedora (feminine)
perdedoras (feminine plural)


seara

communal terrain, usually left fallow, undivided and covered by bushes, which is eventually grazed and plowed for the temporal production of rye or wheat; swidden

Et dardeſ cada anno quatro dias de ſeara a noſſa graña de Pineyra, ṽn dia a eſcauar, outro a pudar, outro a cauar, outro a rãdar

1303, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 150

You'll give each year four days of work in our farm of Piñeira, one day for digging, another for prunning, another for hoeing, another for weeding


estanco

por rasón que o arçebispo et cabíidoo et conçello da iglesia et çidade de Santiago, en gran deseruiço de Deus et del Rey, noso señor, et desta çibdade et o señor obispo et cabíidoo e conçello e da república da terra feseran milipodio et estanco enos viños desta dita çidade et coutos

1443, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 134:

because the archbishop and chapter and council of the church and city of Santiago (in great disservice of God and King, our lord, and of this city and our lord the bishop and the chapter and council of the republic of this land) made monopoly and estanco on the wines of this city and places

(historical, taxation) monopoly or prohibition of free market by a town or a lord, and tax paid for allowing a business against this prohibition

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

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

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


georgiano

georgianos (plural)
georgiana (feminine)
georgianas (feminine plural)


sirte

Attested since the 19th century; ultimately from Ancient Greek Σύρτις (Súrtis), the Gulf of Sidra, a shallow gulf on the coast of Libya.

(literary) sandy reef that hinders the floating of ships


sinal

Attested since the 9th century in Latin texts. From Old Galician-Portuguese sinal, synal, from Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.


costado

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

a dita vosa pinaça ben estanqua de agoa de costado e ben aparellada de boo masto et verga et treu et de ancoras et de caabres et de todos los outros aparellos que lle fezeren mester

1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 22

the aforementioned pinnace of yours, watertight on the sides and well prepared with a good mast and yard and sails and anchors and ropes and all of the rigging she could need

side (the portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised)


eutanasia

eutanasias (plural)
eutanásia (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin euthanasia, and this from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía).


correo electrónico

correo electrónico m (plural correos electrónicos)


reuma

Attested since the 15th century (rreima). Learned borrowing from Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), derived from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

Se os ollos foren escuros por rrazon da ferida ou de rreima que a elles deçer, abrirll'as os ollos en quatro dedos a defora et llançalle nos ollos sutilmente por canudo o sal mudo.

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 111:

If the eyes are darkened because of a wound or of rheum that befall unto them, you should open up his eyes up to four inches and throw into them, delicately through a tube, the grounded salt


vila

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vila (“village”), from Latin villa (“country house”).

inh+

town; urban settlement smaller than a cidade (“city”) and larger than a aldea (“village”), which usually acts as the economic and administrative capital of a comarca


bóla

From Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.


comunicación

comunicacións (plural)
comunicaçom (alternative)
comunicação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin communicatio, communicationem.


profesora

profesoras (plural)
professora (alternative)


gaio

From Late Latin gaius (“jay”). Cognate with Spanish gayo, French geai, English jay.


gaio

From Old Galician-Portuguese gai (in analogy with its feminine version gaia), probably from Latin gaudium (“joy”), as borrowed from Old Occitan gai; alternatively of Germanic origin. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.


exposición

exposicións (plural)
exposiçom (alternative)
exposição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin expositiōnem.

exhibition (a large-scale public showing of objects or products)


aio

gl-noun

aio m (plural aios, feminine aia, feminine plural aias)

aios (plural)
aia (feminine)
aias (feminine plural)

Attested since circa 1300. Either from the feminine aia, itself supposedly from Latin avia (“grandmother”), or from Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (*hagja, “protector”). Cognate with Portuguese aio and Spanish ayo.

Et sabede que nõ ouuerõ mester ayos, ca todo aprendíã moy bẽ de seu, quanto lles cõvĩjna.

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 735:

And you must know that they didn't need tutors, because all they learned very well by themselves, everything that suited them


pelote

13th century. Pel (“skin, hide”) + -ote.

A ponte d'Ourens, os meus pannos, conuén saber, o manto e o pelote e a saya.

1287, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 42:

To the [contruccion of the] bridge of Ourense I bequeath my clothes, that is, the mantle and the garment and the robe

(historical, by extension) cloth garment


formación

formacións (plural)
formaçom (alternative)
formação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin formatio, formationem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.


desintegración

gl-noun

desintegración f (plural desintegracións)

desintegracións (plural)
desintegraçom (alternative)
desintegração (alternative)


reducción

Learned borrowing from Latin reductio, reductionem.


humillación

humillacións (plural)
humilhaçom (alternative)
humilhação (alternative)


veterano

gl-noun

veterano m (plural veteranos, feminine veterana, feminine plural veteranas)

veteranos (plural)
veterana (feminine)
veteranas (feminine plural)


corredor

corredor m (plural corredores, feminine corredora, feminine plural corredoras)

corredores (plural)
corredora (feminine)
corredoras (feminine plural)


ambición

ambicións (plural)
ambiçom (alternative)
ambição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiōnem.


aristócrata

aristócrata m or f by sense (plural aristócratas)

aristócratas (plural)
aristocrata (alternative)


individualismo

individualismo m (plural individualismos)

individualism (tendency for a person to act without reference to others)


individualista

individualista m or f by sense (plural individualistas)


combinación

combinacións (plural)
combinaçom (alternative)
combinação (alternative)

Borrowed from Late Latin combīnātiō, combīnātiōnis.


orella

orellas (plural)
orelha (alternative)
ourella (alternative)

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese orelha~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Galician sweet fritters typically consumed during Shrovetide


pión

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

Atherina presbyter
Wikispecies:Atherina presbyter

Ammodytes tobianus
Wikispecies:Ammodytes tobianus

sand lance, lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus)


ambulancia

ambulancias (plural)
ambulância (alternative)

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


ascensor

Learned borrowing from Latin ascēnsōrem.


lobato

Lobo (“wolf”) + -ato; compare baleato, lebrato.


núcleo

Learned borrowing from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”).


fusión

fusións (plural)
fusom (alternative)
fusão (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin fusio, fusionem.


interacción

interaccións (plural)
interaçom (alternative)
interação (alternative)

interaction (the situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect)


protón

From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton), substantive neuter form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “ordinal, first”).


ecuación

ecuacións (plural)
equaçom (alternative)
equação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin aequātiōnem.


documentación

documentacións (plural)
documentaçom (alternative)
documentação (alternative)


inicial

initial (first letter of a name or word)


radiación

Learned borrowing from Latin radiatio, radiationem.


proporción

proporcións (plural)
proporçom (alternative)
proporção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin prōportiōnem.


instante

Borrowed from Latin īnstāns (“urging; urgent”).

instant; moment (very brief period of time)


órgano

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Doublet of orgo.


alimentación

alimentacións (plural)
alimentaçom (alternative)
alimentação (alternative)


hormona

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “I set in motion, urge on”).


distribución

distribucións (plural)
distribuçom (alternative)
distribuiçom (alternative)
distribuição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin distribūtiōnem.


anatomía

anatomías (plural)
anatomia (alternative)

From Late Latin anatomia, based on Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “a cutting up; mutilation, direction”).


denominación

denominacións (plural)
denominaçom (alternative)
denominação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnōminātiōnem.


expedición

expedicións (plural)
expediçom (alternative)
expedição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin expedītiōnem.


fillo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese filho (“son”), from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”).

inh+

Estes son os meus fillos: Ana e Roi.

(in the plural) children (direct descendants by birth)

scion (a detached shoot or twig containing buds)


fita

Probably from Latin vitta (“ribbon”), although the required evolution, with Latin <vi> becoming /fi/, is irregular. Alternatively from Suevic, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *fetjō, compare Old High German fizza (“thread, tissue”), Old Norse fitja (“to knit”). Compare also Italian fetta.


administración

gl-noun

administración f (plural administracións)

administracións (plural)
administraçom (alternative)
administração (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin administrātiōnem.


supremacía

From French suprématie, from English supremacy.


evacuación

evacuacións (plural)
evacuaçom (alternative)
evacuação (alternative)


filosofía

filosofías (plural)
filosofia (alternative)


filósofo

gl-noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

filósofos (plural)
filósofa (feminine)
filósofas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese filosofo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

der

Platom de Atenas o filosofo

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 180:


convicción

conviccións (plural)
convicçom (alternative)
convicção (alternative)


institución

institucións (plural)
instituição (alternative)
instituiçom (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstitūtiōnem.


ordenanza

ordenanzas (plural)
ordenança (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ordenança, from ordenar. By surface analysis, ordenar + -anza. Compare Portuguese ordenança and Spanish ordenanza.

Manda o conçello et os alcalldes, regidores et procuradores desta villa da crunna de parte de noso sennor el Rey et do dito conçello da dita villa et porque asi he ordenança antiga que nehunus çapateiros et outras quasquer personas que non sejan çapateiros et vezinnos et moradores da dita villa et en ela non pagan talla con os outros çapateiros vezjnnos da dita villa que non son confrades dos çapateiros asi como os çapateiros de portal, que non vsen dos ditos ofiçios de çapateria nen vendan çapatos nen botas nen outro calçado de coiro en publico nen ascondido nen los ponnan en tendas nen portaes nen anden a vender por la dita villa et pescaria dela Et desde Palavea et media legoa da villa enderredor a villa saluo se os venderen a engros aos ditos çapateiros que viuen et moran na dita villa ou eles os consentiren vender en seus portaes.

1434, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 609:

the council and mayors, councilmen and agents of this town of A Coruña, on behalf of our lord the King and of this town council, and because so it is an old ordinance; that no shoemaker or whichever other person who is not a shoemaker and neighbour and dweller of the said town and in it they did not pay contributions with the other shoemakers neighbours of the said town and which are not a brother of the guild of the shoemakers, as well as the shoemakers who work at their porches; that they should not use of this office of shoemaking nor should they sell shoes nor boots nor any other leather footwear, nor publicly, nor in hiding, nor should they put them in shops nor porches nor should they go selling them around this town and its fishery [outskirts neighbourhood], nor from Palavea and half a league around this town, except if they sell them in bulk to the said shoemakers that live and dwell in the said town or if they let them sell at their porches


ficción

Learned borrowing from Latin fictiōnem. Cognate with Portuguese ficção.

fiction (imaginary fact, fabulous invention)

fiction (literary or cinematic creation in which the author makes an imaginary reading of reality)


colonialista

gl-noun

colonialista m or f by sense (plural colonialistas)


aceptación

aceptacións (plural)
aceitación (alternative)
aceitaçom (alternative)
aceitação (alternative)


campanario

campanarios (plural)
campanário (alternative)


independencia

independencias (plural)
independência (alternative)


dominación

dominacións (plural)
dominaçom (alternative)
dominação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin dominātiōnem.


cónsul

gl-noun

cónsul m (plural cónsules, feminine consulesa, feminine plural consulesas)

cónsules (plural)
consulesa (feminine)
consulesas (feminine plural)

consul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country)

heads of government
head of government#English

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

(historical) consul (either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires)


abundancia

abundancias (plural)
abundância (alternative)


resignación

resignacións (plural)
resignaçom (alternative)
resignação (alternative)

resignation (sense of "acceptance of adversity")


reparación

reparacións (plural)
reparaçom (alternative)
reparação (alternative)


comerciante

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)


pirámide

pirámides (plural)
pirâmide (alternative)

From Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís).


presentación

presentacións (plural)
presentaçom (alternative)
presentação (alternative)


mansión

Learned borrowing from Latin mansiō, mansiōnem.


chaveiro

From chave (“key”) + -eiro. Compare Catalan clauer, French clavier, Italian chiavaio, Portuguese chaveiro, Spanish llavero.


avó

gl-noun

avó m (plural avós, feminine avoa, feminine plural avoas)

avós (plural)
avoa (feminine)
avoas (feminine plural)
avolo (alternative)
avóo (alternative)
avô (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese avoo, from Iberian Early Medieval Latin avolo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus.

meu auoo don Ruy Zerbo e sa moler dona Marina Sanchez, que foron meus auoos

1269, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 245:

my grandfather Don Roi Cerbo and his wife Dona Mariña Sánchez, who were my granparents


pé

From Old Galician-Portuguese pee, from Latin pēs, pedem. Cognate with Portuguese pé, Asturian and Spanish pie, and Catalan peu.

Fernán Gonçalues de Lamella se obrigou de dar en nome do conçello de çidade d'Ourense çento táboas et quarenta madeyros en esta maneyra que se sige: las táboas que aja cada hua des pees do dito Fernán Garçía et de la anchura, segundo está aquí asinallada de maao a maao, et an de auer de gordo dous dedos et que sejan dereytas e chaas e boas e merchinas sen furados, et os quarenta madeyros an de seer en esta maneyra que se sige: de ancho como está asinallado de maao en maao et de alto a terçeera maao, et an de auer de longo dose pees ou mays, et destes madeyros ha de auer quatro que an de auer des et oyto pees en longo ou mays, se mays poderen auer, et estes madeyros an de seer de çerno de carballo et as táboas de castaño

1459, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 441:

Fernán Gonzalvez de Lamela committed himself to give, in the name of the city council of Ourense, a hundred boards and forty planks, in this way: each one of the boards must be ten feet, of this Fernán García, in long; and in width as it is here consigned from hand to hand; and they should be two inches in thickness; and they should be straight and level and good without holes. And the forty planks must be made in this way: in width as it is consigned, from hand to hand, in high to the third hand; and they must have twelve feet or more in long; and of these planks four must be eighteen feet or more in long, as long as they can be made; and these planks must be made in oak heartwood, and the boards in chestnut.

(historical, measure) pie, Spanish foot, a former unit of length

Et avedesla de lavrar e provar de pees de bona fruge

1422, J. García Oro, editor, Viveiro en los siglos XIV y XV. La Colección Diplomática de Santo Domingo de Viveiro, Estudios Mindonienses, 3, page 82:

and you should work it and populate it with vines of good lineage


circulación

Learned borrowing from Latin circulātiōnem.


instancia

instancias (plural)
instância (alternative)


eliminación

eliminacións (plural)
eliminaçom (alternative)
eliminação (alternative)


emisión

emisións (plural)
emissom (alternative)
emissão (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin ēmissiōnem.


escuadra

escuadras (plural)
esquadra (alternative)


fantasía

From Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”).


percepción

percepcións (plural)
percepçom (alternative)
perceçom (alternative)
perceção (alternative)


descolonización

gl-noun

descolonización f (plural descolonizacións)

descolonizacións (plural)
descolonizaçom (alternative)
descolonização (alternative)


resolución

Learned borrowing from Latin resolūtiōnem.


interpretación

gl-noun

interpretación f (plural interpretacións)

interpretacións (plural)
interpretaçom (alternative)
interpretação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin interpretātiōnem. By surface analysis, interpretar + -ción.


síntoma

From Latin symptōma, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma).

symptom (indicators and characteristics of the presence of something else)


porca

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

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 tackles of ships that he had in pawn for 600 mor.

son chamadas llandooas o scrofullas que dizen porcas

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 75:

they are named tonsils or scrofulas that they call porcas


porca

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

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


curvatura

curvature (the shape of something curved)


serpe

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

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

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

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


mollo

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãollo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin manuc(u)lus, modified ultimately from Latin manipulus, diminutive of manus (“hand”). Cognate with Portuguese molho and Spanish manojo.


mollo

Os quilos do mollo depende asegún grane o centeo, do grao que teña.


bárbaro

From Old Galician-Portuguese barbaro, from Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of bravo, possibly.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

¿Galicia? ... ¿Ónd'stá? ¿Ónde vai a nosa fermosa e podente Galicia? ¿Ónde pára? ¿ónde? aquela casta d'héroes fartos qu'o mesmo tremaron as follas das súas coitelas diante das naceós veciñas, acoradas, escorrentadas, por os bárbaros e a mouramia

1859, J. Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:

Galicia? Where are you? What have become of our beauty a strong Galicia? Where it is now? Where that lineage of lavish heroes who waved their blades before the neighbouring nations, frightened, driven away by the barbarians and the Moors?


autonomía

From Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomía).

range (distance a vehicle (car, byke, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling)


autónomo

gl-noun

autónomo m (plural autónomos, feminine autónoma, feminine plural autónomas)

autónomos (plural)
autónoma (feminine)
autónomas (feminine plural)


legislatura

reintegrationist spelling of lexislatura


transparencia

transparente + -encia, or a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin trānspārentia, from trānspārēns (“transparent”).

lbor

transparence, transparency; quality or state of being transparent


modernización

modernizacións (plural)
modernizaçom (alternative)
modernização (alternative)


evolución

evolucións (plural)
evoluçom (alternative)
evolução (alternative)


continuación

Learned borrowing from Latin continuātiōnem.


piratería

From pirata (“pirate, pirated”) + -ería.


liberalización

gl-noun

liberalización f (plural liberalizacións)

liberalizacións (plural)
liberalizaçom (alternative)
liberalização (alternative)

From liberalizar + -ción; cognate with Portuguese liberalização.


guitarrista

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristas)


orco

From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus.


prema

13th century. From an earlier premia, from premer (“to press”).

Sabbaian quantos esta carta virem commo eu Gonçalvo Lorenço Rector da Eglesia de Tortoreos non constregudo per fforça nen enduzudo por enganno mays de meu plazer e de myna boa voentade e ssen prema nenhuna [...]

1325, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 402:

Everyone that reads this charter should know this: I, Gonçalvo Lorenço, rector of the church of Tortóreos, not drawn by force or induced by deceit but because of my own pleasure and goodwill and free of any compulsion …


purista

purista m or f by sense (plural puristas)


aprendiz

aprendiz m or f by sense (plural aprendices)


carrizo

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

Phragmites australis
Phragmites australis#Translingual

Troglodytes troglodytes
Troglodytes troglodytes#Translingual

Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus#Translingual


foco

Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo.


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

Non me toque'la gaita!

Don't play the bagpipe for me! / Don't touch my penis! / Stop harassing me!

A muller do gaiteriño
muller de moita fortuna
ela toca duas gaitas

The bagpiper's wife,
a woman with much fortune,
she plays two bagpipes,
others don't play not even one


pavor

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pavor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pavor, pavōrem.


escolar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escolar, from Latin scholaris.


reno

gl-noun

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

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


inclinación

inclinacións (plural)
inclinaçom (alternative)
inclinação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin inclinatio, inclinationem.


caña

Perhaps from Spanish caña (“cane, reed”).

aguardiente, a brandy or distillate of grape pomace


píldora

píldoras (plural)
pílora (alternative)
pírola (alternative)


soberano

gl-noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)

soberanos (plural)
soberana (feminine)
soberanas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super.


arca

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

(historical, architecture) brattice (of a castle)


asteroide

From Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).


alameda

First attested in the 15th century. From álamo (“poplar”) + -eda.

avenue lined with poplars and usually open just to pedestrians


lote

Attested since circa 1750. From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.

morreu un lote de homes construíndo a presa

a lot of men died during the construction of the dam


hábito

From Old Galician-Portuguese abito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin habitus (“attire”).

habit (an action done on a regular basis)


bicho

From Old Galician-Portuguese *bischo (note the derivative bischoco (“worm, caterpillar”), 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin bēstia or Vulgar Latin bestula.


aniversario

aniversarios (plural)
aniversário (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin anniversārius.


nervio

From Old Galician-Portuguese nervio, nervo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nervus (“nerve; tendon”). Cognate with Portuguese nervo, Spanish nervio.

Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:

He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery

primeiramente pararas o Cauallo en lugar caente et caenta enno fogo pedras, et lançaas so o uentre do Cauallo, et Cubri o Cauallo de hũa cuberta de llãa, et llança sobre aquellas pedras agooa caente tanto que as faças fumegar en gisa que se uolua o Cauallo en suuor todo. Et depois çinllalle aquella cuberta, et este asesegado naqel lugar ataa que se cunsuma toda a suur del, et depois desto esfregalle os nerueos et as coixas ameude con azeite ou con manteiga, depois faze çenrrada de çinza das pallas do trigo et das allas pallas et das maluas, todo qeimado desuũo, et desta çernada caente qual a poder sofrer feiranlle as coixas et os neruos e non no mouer daquel lugar caente, et vusenlle destas cousas ataa que torne a seu estado.

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

first, you shall take the horse to a hot place, and heat on the fire some stones, and put them under the horse's belly, and cover the horse with a wool coverture, and pour over that stones hot water so that they steam in order that the horse covers in sweat. Then girth that coverture to the horse, and let he be in calm at that place till his sweat dries; and after this rub his tendons and thighs often with oil or butter, and after this make a lye with ashes of wheat straws and other straws and mallows, everything burnt together, and with this lye, as hot as he can take it, wash the tendons and thighs, and don't move him of that hot place, and use these things till he gets back to normal


camerino

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


cerno

Perhaps from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“kernel”). Compare Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse kjarni (“kernel, core”).

Alternative form of cerna (“kernel, core; sap; heartwood, duramen; pith”)


casca

Attested from the 14th century. Back-formation from cascar (“to peel”), from Vulgar Latin *quassicare, from quassāre.

ẽna almẽdra son tres cousas: a cortiça da çima et a casca et a vianda de dentro

1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 117:

there are three things in an almond: the external husk, the peel, and the viand inside

skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)

e da cárrega de palla, un diñeiro e do carro da casqa, duas brancas

1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:

for a load of hay, [they shall pay] a diñeiro, and by a cartload of bark, two brancas

Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bollo

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:

For this you must use egg, roasted till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it


clientela

From Latin clientēla, from cliēns, clientis "customer, client".


eremita

gl-noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).


especialista

especialista m or f by sense (plural especialistas)


extracción

extraccións (plural)
extraçom (alternative)
extração (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin extractiō, extractiōnem.


agricultor

Learned borrowing from Latin agricultor.


subsistencia

subsistencias (plural)
subsistência (alternative)


intervención

intervencións (plural)
intervençom (alternative)
intervenção (alternative)


articulación

articulacións (plural)
articulaçom (alternative)
articulação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin articulātiōnem.


tonelada

From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada.

metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg

English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively

(historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg


incenso

From older jnçenso, ençenço, from Old Galician-Portuguese encensso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin incensum, from Latin incensus.

1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 150

You must know that there is not in the world an incense, flower, balsam, or any other thing, that has such a good smell as this pelt

Sabede que ẽno mũdo nõ ha jnçenso nẽ frol nẽ balsamo nẽ outra cousa que tã bõo olor aja cõmo esta pẽna.

filla o pez grego et a rrjzjna et o ençenço branco que chaman macho et almeçega et ia quanto sange de dragon

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 125:

take the Greek tar and the ricin and the white incense, that they call male, and musk and then also dragon's blood


ironía

Learned borrowing from Latin īrōnīa, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).


arquitecto

gl-noun

arquitecto m (plural arquitectos, feminine arquitecta, feminine plural arquitectas)

arquitectos (plural)
arquitecta (feminine)
arquitectas (feminine plural)
arquiteto (alternative)


ausencia

ausencias (plural)
ausência (alternative)

[ɑwˈs̺ɛn̪.θjɐ]

[ɑwˈs̺ɛn̪.θjɐ]


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


mastro

mastros (plural)
maste (alternative dated)
masto (alternative dated)

From Old Galician-Portuguese masto, maste, already documented in the Galician Cantigas de Santa María of the 13th century. Probably from Old French mast (“mast”), from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

Et quen contar quisese as naues quantas erã, acharía conpridament que erã tres mil uelas leuantadas sobrelos mastos

1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, page 657:

And the one who would want to reckon how many ships there were, he would find that there were three thousand sails on the masts


mercé

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercee (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mercēdem, accusative of mercēs (“wages, fee, price”).


airoa

airoas (plural)
eiroa (alternative)
eiró (alternative)
eiroga (alternative)
eirón (alternative)

Unknown. Likely from a substrate language.


motociclista

motociclista m or f by sense (plural motociclistas)


pedra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Fala and Portuguese pedra.


onta

Attested since 1370, but its derivative aontadamente is attested earlier, since circa 1300. Borrowed from Old French honte, from Frankish *haunitha, from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”).

Polidamas auj́a grã pesar et grãde onta por seu padre Antenor, que era preso

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 403:

Polydamas had great sorrow and great shame because of his father, Anthenor, who was imprisoned

Mays, señor, rrógouos agora que me digades qual fuy o pesar ou engãno ou perda ou honta que eu fige a uós et a uosas cõpañas

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 476:

But, lord, I'm begging you now to tell me what was the pain or mistake or loss or affront that I made to you or to your armies


ovella

ovellas (plural)
ovelha (alternative)
ouvella (alternative)

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


persecución

persecucións (plural)
persecuçom (alternative)
persecução (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin persecūtiōnem.


prepucio

Learned borrowing from Latin praeputium.


rancio

rancios (plural)
arrancio (alternative)
rencio (alternative)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ranço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rancidus.


balón

balóns (plural)
balom (alternative)
balão (alternative)

ball, especially a large one used in sports


saba

From Old Galician-Portuguese savãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sabana, from sabanum, from Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon). Cognate with Spanish sábana.

It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa que seia huun almadraque et tres cabeçaes anchos et huun traueyseyro de pluma laurado et quatro faceyroas et duas sauaas et hua colcha et huun panal et huun alfamare et duas almadraquias

1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:


investigador

gl-noun

investigador m (plural investigadores, feminine investigadora, feminine plural investigadoras)

investigadores (plural)
investigadora (feminine)
investigadoras (feminine plural)


astronauta

astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas)


gordura

Attested since circa 1300. From gordo (“fat”) + -ura.

Iten, os ditos Gonçaluo Ferrnandes e Gonçaluo Ferreiro se obrigaron de trager pera a obra da ponte d'Ourense oyteenta trabes de carballo, que ajan cada hua viinte e sete cóbedos conpridos en longo et que sejan da grosura que diser Diego Afonso, e aja en cabo cada trabe hun furco de grosura, et eno outro cabo aquela gordura que rasonauel for, según diser o dito Diego Afonso.

1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 413:

Item, the aforementioned Gonzalvo Fernández and Gonzalvo Ferreiro committed to bring, for the work of the bridge of Ourense, eighty beans of oak, each one twenty seven cubits in long and the thickness that Diego Afonso would say, and in one extreme each bean must have half a palm in thick, and in the other whatever thickness which is reasonable, according to what Diego Afonso would say

Et guareçeu daquela gordura et tornou a seer delgado como outro ome que delgado [fos]se.

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 123:

And he healed of said obesity and came back to be thin as another man who is thin


condesa

From Old Galician-Portuguese condessa, from Medieval Latin comitissa.


soia

soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)

soybean; soy (seeds of the soybean plant)


pisco

From Back-formation from piscar (“to blink”).

Erithacus rubecula
Erithacus rubecula#Translingual

robin, European robin (Erithacus rubecula)


aceleración

aceleracións (plural)
aceleraçom (alternative)
aceleração (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin accelerātiōnem.


barreira

clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)

(soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)


bafo

Onomatopoeic. From Old Galician-Portuguese bafo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Cognate with Portuguese bafo, Ladino bafo and Spanish vaho.

Et el deytaua da boca hũa escuma que semellaua chama, et o sseu bafo semellaua que queymaua o ayro.

1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana:

He emitted from his mouth a foam that seemed a flame, and his breath appeared to burn the air

Et moy rregeo tãgeo o corno que pero que era de marfil que o fendeu cõ o bafo, et al quebrantouselle as veas do pescoço et os nerueos

1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:

And very strongly he blew the horn, but since it was made of ivory he broke it with the puff, and also he broke the veins of the neck and the nerves

amasa todo en huun et cozeo en ola noua ben cuberta de huun testo, que non posa ende sayr bafo nen fumo

1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:

knead everything together and cook it in a new pot, well covered by a lid, so that neither steam nor smoke come out


outono

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin autumnus (“autumn”).

fresh grass which grows after hay is collected


afgán

gl-noun

afgán m (plural afgáns, feminine afgá, feminine plural afgás)

afgáns (plural)
afgá (feminine)
afgás (feminine plural)
afgám (alternative)
afgão (alternative)
afegão (alternative)


tomada

enclosed woodland; usually belonging to an individual (as opposed to the woodlands of communal or public property)


vontade

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Portuguese vontade and Spanish voluntad.


cinza

From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa, from Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis.


número primo

(number theory) prime number (natural number)


afán

Cada día ten abondo co seu afán.


fanático

gl-noun

fanático m (plural fanáticos, feminine fanática, feminine plural fanáticas)

fanáticos (plural)
fanática (feminine)
fanáticas (feminine plural)

fanatic (one who is zealously enthusiastic)


idade

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydade, from Latin aetās, from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

der

age (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)


natureza

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese natureza. Cognate of Portuguese natureza; also compare Spanish naturaleza.

inh+

mentre Castella et Leõ et Nauarra erã corrudas et maltreitas dos mouros, vẽo hũu caualeiro do condado de Bigora, que de sua natureza era muy vsado en armas et en caualaria, et era muy afamado ende.

1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 264:

while Castille and Leon and Navarre were raided and battered by the Moors, a knight came from the county of Bigorre, which is in its nature very able in weapons and cavalry, and who was very famous there


besta

From Old Galician-Portuguese besta, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

pelas bestas de caualgar et carrega

1326, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:

for the animals [used] for riding or for carrying load

Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.

1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:

They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than usual, happy as a lark.

Virés acò meu Dieguiño
cando ò tempo milloràr,
porqe si escorrega á Besta
è esbarroufàs, alabay.

1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

You'll come here my little Diego
when the weather improves
because if the mount slips
and you sprawl, here goes nothing!


leña

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (“firewood”), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (“log”). Compare Portuguese lenha.

inh+

A quem Deus quer bem, o vento lle apaña a leña

1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en Romance:

the wind collects the firewood of the ones well loved by God


tintura

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin tinctūra.

tincture (pigment or other substance that colours or dyes)


cubeta

Attested since the 15th century. From cuba (“vat”) + -eta.

(nautical) kind of bucket for bailing out water


tobo

gl-noun

tobo m (plural tobos, feminine toba, feminine plural tobas)

tobos (plural)
toba (feminine)
tobas (feminine plural)

From Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
Akin to Spanish tobillo ("ankle", anciently "anklebone").

der

seique val máis estar dez anos nun bo presidio que dez días nesa cadea de Pontevedra, nese edificio triste, feo, cheirento, apestado, oscuro, inmundo que máis ben pode chamarse cortello ou tobo para feras que non casa para ter os homes

1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 203:

I know that it is better to expend 10 years in a good colonial fort than ten days in that jail of Pontevedra, that sad, ugly, smelly, plagued, dark, filthy building, that could better be called a pigsty or a den for beasts than a house for men


machado

Unclear. Perhaps from Latin marculus (“hammer”). Compare sacho.

unk

Unclear

quatro traados et hua segur et hua aixola montisca et hun machado et hun escoupre et duas serras de mao

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 295:

four drills and a hatchet and a forest adze and an axe and a chisel and two hand saws


arábigo

From Old Galician-Portuguese aravigo, independently attested in both corpora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin arabicus.


oportunidade

Learned borrowing from Latin opportūnitas.


lombo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lombo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lumbus (“loin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰw- (“kidney, waist”).

inh

Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando

1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:

I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club … his back is cracking as he walks away


arenque

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


erupción

erupcións (plural)
erupçom (alternative)
erupção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin ēruptiōnem.


fonética

From French phonétique, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós).


análise

From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis).

analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)


coche eléctrico

gl-noun

coche eléctrico m (plural coches eléctricos)


carneiro

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

inh+

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

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

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

Venus verrucosa
Wikispecies:Venus verrucosa

Cerastoderma edule
Wikispecies:Cerastoderma edule

Acanthocardia echinata
Wikispecies:Acanthocardia echinata


locomotora

locomotive (the power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons)


acepción

acepcións (plural)
acepçom (alternative)
aceçom (alternative)
acepção (alternative)
aceção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnem.


melodía

From Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía), from μέλος (mélos, “song”).


plástico

O enchufe que se solta da parede con placa de plástico.

The plug that comes loose from the wall with a plastic plate.


lirio

From Old Galician-Portuguese liro, lilio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). Doublet of lis, from French.
Cognate with Portuguese lírio, Spanish lirio, English lily.

mays brãca foy que a neue nẽ que frol de lilio

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 272:

she was whiter that snow and than the lily's flower

Para desfazer aquel callo ual moyto o maluisco et a Rayz do lilio et a Rayz do teixo et o baruasco pisado todo con exulla de porco et coyto desuun et posto como enprasto con hũa peça de pano, et rrenouar amyude ese enprasto duas ou tres uezes no día.

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:

to unmake that callus is very useful the marshmallow, and the root of the lily, and the root of the yew, and mullein, all crushed with pork lard and cooked together and applied as a plaster with a piece of cloth; and you shall renew often this plaster, twice or thrice a day


lirio

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin glīs, glīris.


lirio

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

Micromesistius poutassou
Wikispecies:Micromesistius poutassou

Salmo trutta trutta
Salmo trutta trutta#Translingual


compás

From Old French compas, in substitution of From Old Galician-Portuguese compasso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), both from Medieval Latin compassus.


máquina de escribir

gl-noun

máquina de escribir f (plural máquinas de escribir)


pleonasmo

Borrowed from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “I am superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).


porción

porcións (plural)
porçom (alternative)
porção (alternative)


rolo

14th century. Deverbal from rolar (“to roll”), from Old French roeler, from Medieval Latin rotulare, from rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rollo and rótulo.

[aa] seestra parte, Isaque et Jacob, que tẽẽ senllos roollos ẽnas maãos

1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 162

to the left, Isaac and Jacob, who both hold a scroll with their hands


península

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).


motivación

motivacións (plural)
motivaçom (alternative)
motivação (alternative)


viñedo

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vīnētum, influenced by viña. Compare Portuguese vinhedo.


abecé

Attested since circa 1300. From the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.

Et mandarõ aos scripuães que nõ fezessem letera toledana -ca dõ Gilfos, arçebispo dos godos, fezo ẽno Abeçe suas feguras das leteras - et que husasem das leteras do Abeçe rromano

c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 466:

And they ordered the scribes not to use the Toledan typeface -because Wulfila, archbishop of the Goths, did in the alphabet his own figures of the letters- and that they should use the Roman alphabet


heráldica

Borrowed from French héraldique (“heraldic”).

heraldry (the profession of devising and blazoning arms)


fundación

fundacións (plural)
fundaçom (alternative)
fundação (alternative)


peperete

peperetes (plural)
piperete (alternative)

Attested since 1884. Probably borrowed from English pepperette.

1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, 58 [periodical]

nobody eats turkey: they know from experience that, for them, turkeys fly among the clouds and can't be caught; and in case of thinking of them, they though about those that the ladies eat at the balls. They have learnt that those turkeys that are eaten after being stuffed with delicacies are barely half a snack for the ones who succeed and rule.

ninguén come pavo: saben por esperencia que pra eles voan polas nubes e que non chegan a collé-los, e no caso de pensar neles, pensan nos da caste que comen as señoritas nos bailes. Teñen deprendido que eses pavos que se comen dempois de enché-los de pipiretes; nin chegan a medias merendas prós que trunfan e mandan.


consumidor

gl-noun

consumidor m (plural consumidores, feminine consumidora, feminine plural consumidoras)

consumidores (plural)
consumidora (feminine)
consumidoras (feminine plural)


tambor

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

inh

hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)

cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)


clarinete

(music) clarinet (woodwind musical instrument)


fracción

fraccións (plural)
fracçom (alternative)
fraçom (alternative)
fração (alternative)


identidade

[i.ð̞ɛn̪.t̪iˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]


exemplo

exemplos (plural)
enxempro (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese exemplo, eixemplo, enxemplo (independently attested in both corpora), borrowed from Latin exemplum.


pardo

From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish pardo.

mando a Pedro seu fillo çinquo varas de pardo para huna capa

1434, 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 358

I bequeath Peter, his son, five yards of brown [cloth, i.e. burel] for a cloak


vime

vimes (plural)
vimbio (alternative)
vimio (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese *vimẽe, from Latin vīminem. Cognate with Portuguese vime, Spanish mimbre.

wicker (flexible branch or twig of willow)


banqueta

stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)


bisonte

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


blasfemia

blasfemias (plural)
blasfémia (alternative)


blasfemo

gl-noun

blasfemo m (plural blasfemos, feminine blasfema, feminine plural blasfemas)

blasfemos (plural)
blasfema (feminine)
blasfemas (feminine plural)


asado

From Old Galician-Portuguese assado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from assar, Modern Galician asar.


asado

Attested since 1519. From asa (“handle”) + -ado

Un asadiño de pingo de porco [...] Tres ou quatro asados vellos

1519, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, volume 2, Vigo: Galaxia, page 218:

A litle pot with pork fat … three or four old pots

De dous anos pra esta parte
eu non sey, que Deño trago;
pois non acouxo conmigo,
tanto enpê, como deytado:
Nin topo cousa â meu gusto,
nin cheyro na comida acho;
mais que sexan sopas de unto
atafagadas no asado.

c. 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:

Two years now
 I don't know what's wrong with me;
 I can't find no satisfaction,
 either lying or standing:
 I don't find things to my liking
 not even flavour in my food;
 even if it is bacon soup
 braised in the pot.


aviación

aviacións (plural)
aviaçom (alternative)
aviação (alternative)


guincho

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


guincho

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

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


parra

Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.

grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)


glándula pineal

glándula pineal f (plural glándulas pineais)


subgrupo

[s̺uβ̞ˈɣ̞ɾu.pʊ]

[s̺uβ̞ˈɣ̞ɾu.pʊ]

[s̺uβ̞ˈħɾu.pʊ]


campa

campas (plural)
campá (alternative)
campán (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese campãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin campāna (“bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (“of Campania”), from Latin Campānia (“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus (“open or flat space; plain”). Cognate with Portuguese campa, Spanish campana, Catalan campana, Occitan campana and Italian campana.

der

1343, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 415

And I order my body to be buried in the aforementioned chapel of Saint Mary, under the tombstone that I put down at the door of the aforementioned chapel

Et mando meu corpo soterrar enna dita capilla de Santa Maria so a canpaa que hy deitey aa porta dessa cappella

Et desí poserõ sóbrelo moymento hũa canpãa dũa pedra muy noble et muy preçada

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 594:

And after this they put over the monument a lid made of a very noble and very valuable stone

sarcophagus or tomb lid; horizontal tombstone


egoísta

gl-noun

egoísta m or f by sense (plural egoístas)


galaxia

From Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).


cinismo

From Latin cynismus, from Ancient Greek κυνισμός (kunismós).


confinamento

lockdown (the confinement of people in their own homes)

confinement, detention (the act of confining or the state of being confined)


xardín

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gardô
Frankish *gardōbor.
Early Medieval Latin gardīnus
Old French gardinbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese jardin
Galician xardín
From Old Galician-Portuguese jardin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa María), from Old French jardin, of Germanic origin. Cognate to Portuguese jardim, French jardin, Catalan jardí and Spanish jardín.

etymon

O muro traseiro do xardín trazaba unha fronteira.


opereta

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


fornello

Francisco Javier Rodríguez (1863): Diccionario gallego-castellano, ed. de Antonio dela Iglesia González, A Coruña,

Juan Cuveiro Piñol (1876): Diccionario Gallego, Barcelona

Francisco Rey Porto (1900c): Diccionario gallego-castellano - María Cesús Bugarín e Begoña González Rei (ed.), A Coruña, Real Academia Galena, 2000

X. Filgueira Valverde, L. Tobío Fernandes, A. Magariños Negreira e X. Cordal Carús (1926): Vocabulario popular castelán-galego (publicado por entregas en El Pueblo Gallego)


cobertura

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobertura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.


abreviación

abreviacións (plural)
abreviaçom (alternative)
abreviação (alternative)

[a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈθjoŋ]

[a.β̞ɾɛ.β̞jaˈθjoŋ]


inflación

inflacións (plural)
inflaçom (alternative)
inflação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin inflatio, inflationem, equivalent to inflar + -ción.

lbor

(economics) inflation (expansion or increase in size)


asiático

gl-noun

asiático m (plural asiáticos, feminine asiática, feminine plural asiáticas)

asiáticos (plural)
asiática (feminine)
asiáticas (feminine plural)

From Latin āsiāticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós).


galería

From Italian galleria, from Late Latin galeria, from galilaea, from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”).


profesión

profesións (plural)
profissom (alternative)
profissão (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin professiōnem.


soto

From the Medieval Galician form sotõo; probably from Vulgar Latin *subtulum, from Latin subtus. Cognate with Portuguese sótão (“attic”) and Spanish sótano (“cellar”).

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

todâ â casa, sotôô e sobrado que vos e os ditos vosos yrmâôs auedes

1429, 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 307

the whole house, ground and upper floor, that you and your brothers have


doa

13th century. Probably from Latin donā (“gifts”); alternatively, from Latin dolare (“to hew or chop into shape”).

inh

mando a miña Neta Tareija sanches todo o aliofar et coraes que eu ey et os esmaltes et o meu Reliquario esmaltado et a miña Cunca de plata dourada et as miñas doas de ouro

1395, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 160:

I send to my granddaughter Tareixa Sanchez all of my pearls and corals, and the enamels, and my enamelled relicary and my gilded silver bowl and my beads of gold

It. mando que todas las doas que eu ouuer a o tempo de miña morte assy adubos de panos como yrilandas [grilandas] e relicas e cintas e outras qualesquer doas que eu aia e sse pola uentura estouuere delas ou todas en penora mando que sse tiren e sse den a o prior ffrey Johan nunes con todos los panos de uestir

1347, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 280:

Item: I command that every trinket that I could have at the time of my death, so clothing ornaments, as well as garlands, relics, ribbons, and any other trinket that I could have -and in case that they were pawned I command that they should be redeemed- and they should give them to the prior, the friar Johan Nunes, with all of my clothes


batallón

batallóns (plural)
batalhom (alternative)
batalhão (alternative)


audición

audicións (plural)
audiçom (alternative)
audição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin audītiōnem.


fútbol sala

five-a-side football
five-a-side football


champaña

champañas (plural)
champanha (alternative)
champanhe (alternative)


observación

observacións (plural)
observaçom (alternative)
observação (alternative)

[ɔb.s̺ɛɾ.β̞aˈθjoŋ]

[ɔb.s̺ɛɾ.β̞aˈθjoŋ]


poesía

poem (a literary piece written in verse)


epidídimo

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís).


admirador

gl-noun

admirador m (plural admiradores, feminine admiradora, feminine plural admiradoras)

admiradores (plural)
admiradora (feminine)
admiradoras (feminine plural)


australiano

australiano m (plural australianos, feminine australiana, feminine plural australianas)

australianos (plural)
australiana (feminine)
australianas (feminine plural)


botín

[…] por canto o reino de Galicia contribuíra con 40.000 ducados para o equipo d'armada, e por canto o botín que se collera nos barcos franceses acababa de ser arrebatado dos portos gallegos, procedía que se lles restituíse.

1895, A. López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval, page 198:

[…] since the Kingdom of Galicia contributed with 40,000 ducats for provisions of the army, and since the booty taken from the French ships had just been snatched from the Galician harbours, it was proceeding to restitute it


cea

From Old Galician-Portuguese cẽa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cēna (“dinner”). Cognate with Portuguese ceia and Spanish cena.


duque

duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)

duques (plural)
duquesa (feminine)
duquesas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese duc (“duke”), borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”)


sisto

Unknown. Perhaps from Celtic (compare Proto-Celtic *sistati, "put, stand"), or either from Latin sextus.

Et caualgarõ todos juntos et chegárõsse ao torneo, et touerõ ben o sseu sisto, et começarõ todos de cõssún a tirar de seus arcos et dar moy grãdes braados, ca atal era seu costume.

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 350:

And they rode all together and came to the tournament, and they secured their aim, and began to shoot from their bows all at the same time and to give very large shouts, because that was their custom


impureza

impurity (the condition of being impure)

impurity (a component or additive that renders something else impure)


armadura

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Portuguese armadura.


conspiración

conspiracións (plural)
conspiraçom (alternative)
conspiração (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnspīrātiō, cōnspīrātiōnem.


miligramo

From mili- (“mili”) + gramo (“gram”), a calque of French milligramme.


mecánico

gl-noun

mecánico m (plural mecánicos, feminine mecánica, feminine plural mecánicas)

mecánicos (plural)
mecánica (feminine)
mecánicas (feminine plural)
mecânico (alternative)


etarra

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna


estrela

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrela, strela (“star”), from Latin stēlla (“star”), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).


homosexualidade

homosexualidade f (plural homosexualidades)

From homosexual + -idade or homo- + sexualidade.


teclado

keyboard (of a typewriter, piano, computer, etc.)


bosta

Attested since 1671. From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-st-; Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).

der

bou correndo pola posta,
 s'acho jantar que comer,
 qu'ainda a tarde ei de esparjer
 unha gran pilla de bosta

1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

I'm running for the loaf,
 if I find food to eat,
 because yet this afternoon I ought to spread
 a large pile of manure

O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco

1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:

Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for dung. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went along the roads and ways, picking up as much as he could find to make manure


angolano

gl-noun

angolano m (plural angolanos, feminine angolana, feminine plural angolanas)

angolanos (plural)
angolana (feminine)
angolanas (feminine plural)


dodecaedro

[d̪o.ð̞e.kɑˈɛ.ð̞ɾʊ]


rectángulo

rectángulos (plural)
retângulo (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum.


cuadrilátero

cuadriláteros (plural)
quadrilátero (alternative)


lula

Probably a back formation from an earlier *loliin, from Latin lōllīginem (“squid, cuttlefish”).

Loligo vulgaris
Loligo vulgaris#Translingual

Alternative form of lura: squid (Loligo vulgaris)


experiência

reintegrationist spelling of experiencia


anel

From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited form elo.


heterosexualidade

heterosexualidade f (plural heterosexualidades)


coroa

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

der

(by extension) the government, the state

1252, J.I. Fernández de Viana & al. (eds.), "El Tumbo de Caaveiro. 1ª Parte. | 2ª Parte", Cátedra (Revista eumesa de estudios), 4, page 353

as it departs from the crown of Castro [Castle/Hill fort] Reyriz, as it goes right into the neck of Castro Mao

commo departe per la coroa de Castro Reyriz, e commo se vay a dereito ao pescoço de Castro Mao

(toponymy, archaeology) hill-fort; ringfort; locally, a walled Iron Age fort

os quaes moravedís eu por noso mandado fisen troquar a ouro a XXXIIJ moravedís e medio o franquo, e a coroa a trijnta e sete moravedís, Jtem as dobras castelãas a trijnta e oyto moravedís e medio, jtem doblas mouriscas a trijnta e sete moravedís e medio, jtem frolíjns d'Aragón vijnte e dous moravedís e medio, jtem ducates a trijnta e dous moravedís e medio

1396, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 140:

I ordered to exchange in gold the aforementioned sum of maravedis: 33 mo. and a half each franc; each crown 37 mo.; item, each Castilian dobla 38 mo. and a half; each Moorish dobla 37 mo. and a half; item, florins from Aragon, 22 mo. and a half; item, ducats, 32 mo. and a half


martelo

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus.

iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao, iten vnna junteyra, iten dous martelos grandes de monte

1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:

item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws; item, a jointer; item, two big hammers for working outside


grego

gl-noun

grego m (plural gregos, feminine grega, feminine plural gregas)

gregos (plural)
grega (feminine)
gregas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese grego, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


leste

lestes (plural)
E (alternative)
L (alternative)

From French l’est, from Old English ēast.

(uncountable) the eastern portion of a territory or region

(countable) an eastern; a wind blowing from the east


raio

From Old Galician-Portuguese rayo (independently attested in both corpora), from Latin radius. Doublet of radio and raxo.

apareçeulle Santiago onrrado de vestiduras moi brãquas, armado com̃o caualeiro de moy fremosas armas que esplãdeçia mais que os rrayos do sol

1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 208:

and Santiago showed before him, honorably dressed in very white clothes, armed as a knight with very beauty weapons that shone more that sunrays

Et aquelle Maffomat, rrey de Cordoua, estando estõçe en sua mesquita ffazẽdo ssua orraçõ, feryo hũu rrayo cerca del que matou dous omẽes

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 49:

And that Muhammad, king of Cordova, being then at his mosque praying, a lightning stroke nearby, killing two men


garrocha

[ɡɑˈrɔ.t͡ʃɐ]

[ɡɑˈrɔ.t͡ʃɐ]

[ħɑˈrɔ.t͡ʃɐ]

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *garrā (“leg”). Compare French garrocher and garrot.

(in the plural) heather roots used as firewood


asturiano

asturiano m (plural asturianos, feminine asturiana, feminine plural asturianas)

asturianos (plural)
asturiana (feminine)
asturianas (feminine plural)

Asturian (native or inhabitant of the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain) (usually male)


espírito

espíritos (plural)
esprito (alternative)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espirito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin spīritus, from spirō (“breathe, respire; live”), from Proto-Indo-European *speis- (“to blow”). Cognate with Portuguese espírito and Spanish espíritu.

inh+

spirit (the soul of a person or other living being)


postulante

gl-noun

postulante m or f by sense (plural postulantes)


termo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese termio, from Latin terminus (“boundary; end”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through”). Doublet of the borrowing término.

inh+

(frequently in the plural) surroundings (area surrounding something)

end (final point of something in space or time)

term (limitation, restriction or regulation)

term; word (especially one from a specialised area)

(mathematics) term (value in an expression)


estudante

gl-noun

estudante m or f by sense (plural estudantes)

student (person who studies an academic subject)


videira

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from vide + -eira.

de quanto vino Deus der em estas videyras leyras darnos edes meo

1398, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, page 468:

of the wine that God would give in this vine plots you'll give us half


sociedade

[s̺ɔ.θjɛˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

[s̺ɔ.θjɛˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

[sɔ.sjɛˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

Learned borrowing from Latin societās, societātem (“society, community”).

lbor

organization, group sharing a common goal or interest


anguria

Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin agonia, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía); compare Catalan angúnia.


amizade

From Old Galician-Portuguese amizade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”). Cognate with Spanish amistad.

Rogolles por amor de deus et por lo amor et amizade que con elles senpre ouue que cunplan esta mina manda do dia que eu finar ata dous meses

1380, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 613:

I ask of them [the executors], for the love of God and for the love and friendship that I always had with them, to carry out this testament of mine in two months from the day I die


ortiga

ortigas (plural)
urtia (alternative)
urtiga (alternative)

[oɾˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɐ]

[oɾˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɐ]

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

Torpedo marmorata
Wikispecies:Torpedo marmorata

marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)


isqueiro

isqueiros (plural)
esqueiro (alternative)

y achou cõ aquel arco hum estormento, et seu esqueyro, et sua ysca, et seu pedernal em el

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 220:

there he found, together with that bow, a tinderbox, with its tinder container, its tinder, and its flint inside it


realista

gl-noun

realista m or f by sense (plural realistas)


escultura

sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)


viúva

From Old Galician-Portuguese viuva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vidua, through a Vulgar Latin *viduva.

Iten que acadastes vos o dito Gil Peres das aviinças dos moleiros da ribeira de Sarela et de duas viuvas, dusentos et seseenta moravedis de moeda vella que nos avian de dar o dito anno

1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 107

Item, that you obtained from said Gil Pérez, of the agreements with the millers of the banks of the river Sarela and of two widows, two hundred and sixty maravedis of old coinage, that they ought to give to us said year


feiticeiro

feiticeiro m (plural feiticeiros, feminine feiticeira, feminine plural feiticeiras)

feiticeiros (plural)
feiticeira (feminine)
feiticeiras (feminine plural)

Feitizo (“spell”) + -eiro. Cognate with Portuguese feiticeiro and Spanish hechicero.
Attested circa 1300.

Et este dom Rramiro era bõo aos bõos et brauo aos maos et desfazia da sa terra os ladrões et queymaua os feytizeyros

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 11:

And this lord Ramiro was good with the good, and harsh with the bad, and he threw away the thieves from his realm and burned the sorcerers


embaixada

Attested since circa 1460. From Old Occitan ambayssada, derivative of ambaissa (“service”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *andbahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).


orangután

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


toxicólogo

gl-noun

toxicólogo m (plural toxicólogos, feminine toxicóloga, feminine plural toxicólogas)

toxicólogos (plural)
toxicóloga (feminine)
toxicólogas (feminine plural)

(toxicology) toxicologist (scientist or physician whose specialty is toxicology)


rezo

prayer (each of the formulas fixed by tradition or improvised, through the cales believers communicate with the divinity)


oración

oracións (plural)
orazón (alternative)
oraçom (alternative)

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


migrante

migrante m or f by sense (plural migrantes)

As the politically correct version of inmigrante (“immigrant”) and emigrante (“emigrant”), as a neutral vocable.

migrant (person who moves from one region or country to another)


cano

Andado o primeyro ano do rreynado del rey dõ Ordono, fezo Abderamẽ lousar et est[r]ar de pedra todas [as] cales de Cordoua, et traier per canos de plomo agoa da serra aa villa

1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:

During the first year of the reign of king Ordoño, Abderrahman ordered to pave in stone every street in Cordoba, and to bring by lead pipes water from the mountains to the city

como os canos porque ben a augua aa praza do campo da dita çidade esten gardados e reparados en tal maneira que a augoa que por eles ben e ha de bir a os tornos da dita praça do campo

1418, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 197:

that the ducts that bring the water to the Praza [Square] do Campo of this city must be guarded and repaired, so that the water that run along them should come to the spouts of the aforementioned Praza do Campo

por rasón que o cano da fonte Arcada estaua atuado e tapado ena orta do dito Pero Gomes

1437, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 121:

because the aqueduct of the Arched Fountain was clogged and obstructed at Pedro Gomez's garden

aqueduct, duct for taking water to a mill or to a fountain, either in the surface or under it

1418, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 128

that he should open the sewer through which the water comes out of those baths, down under the stone arch, and he should clean and maintain and repair the aforementioned sewer so that the water of these baths comes out freely

que abra o cano por que sal ágoa dos ditos baños fasta en baixo a su o arco da pedra et alinpe et aposte e repare o dito cano por vya que a ágoa dos ditos baños se saya libremente


flexión

flexións (plural)
flexom (alternative)
flexão (alternative)

(grammar) inflection, modification of a word's form


internauta

internauta m or f by sense (plural internautas)

From internet + -nauta (“-naut, navigator”).


rocha

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


onomatopeia

From Late Latin onomatopoeïa, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía).

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ὀνοματοποιία


felación

Learned borrowing from Latin fellātiō, from fellō + -tiō.

etymon

la>fellātiō>stimulation of the penis with the mouth

fellatio (stimulation of the penis with the mouth)


embriaguez

gl-noun

embriaguez f (usually uncountable, plural embriagueces)

inebriation, intoxication, drunkenness (state of being intoxicated or drunk)


buraco

buracos (plural)
burato (alternative)
bureco (alternative)

Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese buraco (13th century), perhaps from a local derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”) + the suffix -aco, from a pre-Lattin suffix -akko-.
Compare Portuguese buraco, Asturian buracu, furacu.


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


abasto

(rare, in the plural) supplies, provisions


doutor

gl-noun

doutor m (plural doutores, feminine doutora, feminine plural doutoras)

doutores (plural)
doutora (feminine)
doutoras (feminine plural)


medo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus. Cognate with Portuguese medo, Asturian mieu, Spanish miedo.


imaxe

imaxes (plural)
imaxen (alternative)
omaxe (alternative)
imagem (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ymagen (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin imaginem, accusative singular of Latin imago (“image, statue”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”).

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asy cõmo os de Assyria chamauã Belo aaquela ymage, asy os das outras terras chamauã cada hũ aasua ymage segundo oseu lengage

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 115:

just like the people from Assyria called Belo that image, the people of other lands called each one of its images after their languages

Hoi a miña Musa toda Sai á praza a pubricar As honras da nosa Aurora De Reza, que é nosa imaxen Que en iste Probo se adora Por Patroa singular, Por Alegre, por Señora, Por Galega

1703, José Noguerol y Camba, Versos gallegos, page 179:

Today my Muse go out to the public square to publish the honors of our [Madonna] Aurora of Reza, who is our image and who is adored in this town as our only patroness, because of her cheerfulness, such a Lady, such a Galician


vixilancia

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantia; equivalent to vixilar + -ancia.

vigilance, watchfulness (the state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness)

surveillance, security (close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion)


ferreiro

gl-noun

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

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

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

En cas do ferreiro coitelo de pau.

In the house of the smith, wooden knife.

Cyanistes caeruleus
Cyanistes caeruleus#Translingual


egípcio

egípcios (plural)
egípcia (feminine)
egípcias (feminine plural)