tapete

From Old Galician-Portuguese tapete, tapede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tapēte, from tapēs. Doublet of tapiz, a borrowing from French.

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

I bequeath this my bed, as it is, with its clothes and with its curtains and ceiling and with its quilts and with the other clothes that I have usually in the ground and with a green cloth and a rug, no bancals

mando esta mia cama assy como iaz con sous panos et con suas cortinas et ceo et con sous alfamares et con los outros destalos que eu trago comunalmente pela terra et con vn pano uerde et un tapete sen bançaes


miniatura

miniature (a small version of something; a model of reduced scale)


circunferencia

gl-noun

circunferencia f (plural circunferencias)

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”).


liberación

liberacións (plural)
liberaçom (alternative)
liberação (alternative)


tecido

[t̪eˈθi.ð̞ʊ]

[t̪eˈθi.ð̞ʊ]


lesta

lestas (plural)
lestra (alternative)
lestre (alternative)

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language; the derived form Lestedo is attested in Medieval Latin (819) as Lestetum.

Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthoxanthum odoratum#Translingual


occitano

occitano m (plural occitanos, feminine occitana, feminine plural occitanas)

occitanos (plural)
occitana (feminine)
occitanas (feminine plural)

native or inhabitant of Occitania (usually male)


sinagoga

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


duquesa

From duque (“duke”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


lazo

From Old Galician-Portuguese laço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus (“noose, trap”).


lazo

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

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


salmón

salmóns (plural)
salmom (alternative)
salmão (alternative)

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

inh+

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

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


cheiro

/ˈt͡ʃɛj.ɾo̝/

From Old Galician-Portuguese cheiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from cheirar.

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<,br> 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

Et tã mao era o cheiro dos que morriã que, ante os soterrauã por suas casas os que cõ eles aviã de adubar, et desque falesçeu a custa por que os soterrauã, lançauanos tras los muros.

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 34:

And the stench of the dead ones was so bad that (initially the ones who have to deal with them were burying them at their houses) since the very moment that their strength[?] failed, they threw them over the walls


colonización

colonizacións (plural)
colonizaçom (alternative)
colonização (alternative)


dromedario

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dromedario, from Late Latin dromedarius, based on Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”). More at dromedary.

der

δρομὰς κάμηλος


antigo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese antigo, from Latin antīquus (variant antīcus).

inh+

toe / hill of the bit; each one of the extremes of a cutting edge


fraqueza

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fraco (“weak”) + -eza (“-ity”), from Latin flaccus (“flaccid”).


ácido ribonucleico

gl-noun

ácido ribonucleico m (plural ácidos ribonucleicos)

ácidos ribonucleicos (plural)
ARN (alternative)


odre

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin uter.

Ẽno ãno da Encarnaçõ de mĩll et çento et seys ãnos, foy hũu caualeiro en terra de Pula a que ynchou a garganta asi com̃o odre cheo de vento et nũca pode achar mẽestre que o saanse.

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 192:

In the year 1106 of the Incarnation, a knight went to the land of Pula, and his neck swelled as a goatskin filled with air, and he could not find a master who could heal him


anglicismo

From ánglico (“Anglian”) + -ismo or anglo- + -ismo.

anglicism (word or other feature originating in the English language)


adenina

(biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)


ombro

From Old Galician-Portuguese ombro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin umerus (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Doublet of úmero.
Cognate with Portuguese ombro and Spanish hombro.

quaes quer personas que veeren de fora da dita çidade ou seiren dela et leuaren ou trouxeren espadas, que as tragan et leuen en boças con a çinta enos onbros, so pena de perder as armas

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 141:

any person who cames from outside said city, or exits from it, and carries or brings swords, must bring or carry them in sheaths, with the belt at the shoulders, under the penalty of losing the weapons


baloncesto

A semantic calque of English basketball, from balón (“ball”) + cesto (“basket”).


lousa

lousas (plural)
loixa (alternative)
louxa (alternative)
loura (alternative)

Documented in local Medieval Latin as lausa, and in the Iberian peninsula already in the 2nd century; from a local substrate language, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *laws- (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“stone”). Cognate with Spanish losa, French lauze, Old Occitan lausa.

a a tal condiçon que uos, o dicto Loppo Doucos, façades a dicta casa de pedra et de madeyra et de lousa et do al que ouuer mester et a tenades en bon paramento et ben reparada et morada et con ho orto feyto

1441, José-Luis Novo Cazón, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 364:

in the condition that you, the mentioned Lopo Doucos, must build that house with stone, and wood, and slate, and the rest of needed things, and that you should keep it in good state, repaired, inhabited and with its garden

que vos avemos de dar dous carros de lousa para cobrir ho dito lagar, et vos que o façades por vosa custa

1446, M. Mar Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 427:

we shall give you two carts full of flagstones for roofing that winery, and you should do that at your expenses


terceiro

terceiros (plural)
3º (alternative)
3ª (alternative)


bielorruso

bielorruso m (plural bielorrusos, feminine bielorrusa, feminine plural bielorrusas)

bielorrusos (plural)
bielorrusa (feminine)
bielorrusas (feminine plural)
bielorrusso (alternative)


aliado

aliado m (plural aliados, feminine aliada, feminine plural aliadas)

aliados (plural)
aliada (feminine)
aliadas (feminine plural)


turbina

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbo, turbinem. Compare also trebón.


homofobia

From English homophobia, homo- + -fobia.

A homofobia en Estados Unidos é moi forte nalgúns movementos cristianos.

Homophobia in the United States is very strong in some Christian movements.


visionario

visionario m (plural visionarios, feminine visionaria, feminine plural visionarias)

visionarios (plural)
visionaria (feminine)
visionarias (feminine plural)


buceta

A diminutive derivation from Old Norse buza (“a type of merchant ship”).

der

a traditional fishboat characterized by having the stern equal to the bow


buceta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese buxeta, from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) + -ις (-is).


esquema

Learned borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).


hoste

From Old Galician-Portuguese oste (“host, army”) (with the h- added back to reflect the Latin etymon), from Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“an enemy of the state”).


bardo

From Paleo-Hispanic, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wradyos (compare Welsh gwraidd, "root")


guatemalteco

gl-noun

guatemalteco m (plural guatemaltecos, feminine guatemalteca, feminine plural guatemaltecas)

guatemaltecos (plural)
guatemalteca (feminine)
guatemaltecas (feminine plural)


salvadoreño

salvadoreño m (plural salvadoreños, feminine salvadoreña, feminine plural salvadoreñas)

salvadoreños (plural)
salvadoreña (feminine)
salvadoreñas (feminine plural)


hondureño

hondureño m (plural hondureños, feminine hondureña, feminine plural hondureñas)

hondureños (plural)
hondureña (feminine)
hondureñas (feminine plural)


costarriqueño

costarriqueño m (plural costarriqueños, feminine costarriqueña, feminine plural costarriqueñas)

costarriqueños (plural)
costarriqueña (feminine)
costarriqueñas (feminine plural)


panameño

panameño m (plural panameños, feminine panameña, feminine plural panameñas)

panameños (plural)
panameña (feminine)
panameñas (feminine plural)


colombiano

colombiano m (plural colombianos, feminine colombiana, feminine plural colombianas)

colombianos (plural)
colombiana (feminine)
colombianas (feminine plural)


cego

cego m (plural cegos, feminine cega, feminine plural cegas)

cegos (plural)
cega (feminine)
cegas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cego (“blind”), from Latin caecus (“blind”).


ecuatoriano

ecuatoriano m (plural ecuatorianos, feminine ecuatoriana, feminine plural ecuatorianas)

ecuatorianos (plural)
ecuatoriana (feminine)
ecuatorianas (feminine plural)


columna vertebral

columna vertebral f (plural columnas vertebrais)


chileno

chileno m (plural chilenos, feminine chilena, feminine plural chilenas)

chilenos (plural)
chilena (feminine)
chilenas (feminine plural)


felpa

From Old Galician-Portuguese (the derived form felpudo is already attested in the 13th century), probably from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt).


imitación

imitacións (plural)
imitaçom (alternative)
imitação (alternative)


comedia

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


dracma

From Latin drachma (attested as drama circa 1420), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).


farmacologia

reintegrationist spelling of farmacoloxía


banquete

Borrowed from French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”),from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic bank, or possibly from an equivalent Germanic root, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).


liberdade

[li.β̞eɾˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese liberdade, borrowed from Latin lībērtās, lībertātem.

inh+

ordinou el rrey o estado do rreyno, et poblou [a] çidade de Çamora, et deulle muy grãdes frãquezas et liberdades que oge aynda am

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 333:

the king ordered the state of his realm, and he populated the city of Zamora, and gave it very large franchises and liberties which today they still have


marta

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

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


tórax

From Latin thōrax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).


estrado

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese estrado, from Latin strātum (“pavement”), strātus.

(dated) layer of litter deposited on public roads for the formation of fertilizer thought the combined mechanical, chemical and biological action of vehicles, passer-bys, animals, rain, etc.


observador

gl-noun

observador m (plural observadores, feminine observadora, feminine plural observadoras)

observadores (plural)
observadora (feminine)
observadoras (feminine plural)


inspiración

inspiracións (plural)
inspiraçom (alternative)
inspiração (alternative)

Borrowed from Late Latin īnspīrātiō, īnspīrātiōnem.


pornografía

pornografías (plural)
pornografia (alternative)


australiana

female equivalent of australiano (“Australian”)


anacronismo

From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós).

der

ἀναχρονισμός


pesadelo

From pesado (“heavy”) + -elo, diminutive suffix. Compare Spanish pesadilla.


birta

birtas (plural)
abirta (alternative)
brita (alternative)

Back-formation from britar (“to crush, to break”).

back-formation

ditch opened in a field or meadow (for evenly distributing water)

a plot of land, usually enclosed and occupied by trees and bushes


sobaco

From Old Galician-Portuguese sobaco, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese sovaco, Spanish sobaco.


sobrazo

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from Latin sub- + bracchium. Or formed from Galician so (“under”) + brazo (“arm”). Compare Romanian subraț. Cf. also Galician sobaco.


segredo

From Old Galician-Portuguese (segreda, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin secretum. Doublet of secreto.


informação

reintegrationist spelling of información


pornógrafo

gl-noun

pornógrafo m (plural pornógrafos, feminine pornógrafa, feminine plural pornógrafas)

pornógrafos (plural)
pornógrafa (feminine)
pornógrafas (feminine plural)


esponxa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esponsa, borrowed from Latin spongia, borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), from σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá). Doublet of espulla.

etymon

Spongia officinalis
Wikispecies:Spongia officinalis


veso

From Old Galician-Portuguese veso, vesso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin versus.

on this board these verses are written:

1390, ençima d'esta taboa estã escriptos estos vesos


segmento

[s̺eɣ̞ˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]

[s̺eɣ̞ˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]

[s̺eɣ̞ˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]

[s̺eɣ̞ˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]

[s̺eħˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]


parva

With the first meaning, attested since 1807. From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”).

der

é estou en que na quel dia / vos laparon todo aquelo / que non poideron vender / como quen vos toma a parva

1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

I have the idea that that day they slurped everything that couldn't sell, as if having a snack

small meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or augardente


trapezoide

(geometry) trapezium (irregular quadrilateral)


cebra

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


curiosidade

Learned borrowing from Latin curiositas, curiositatem.


desaparición

desaparicións (plural)
desapariçom (alternative)
desaparição (alternative)


exhibición

exhibicións (plural)
exibiçom (alternative)
exibição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin exhibitiōnem.


parroquia

parroquias (plural)
paróquia (alternative)

From Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “dwelling abroad”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling”).

der

a civil subdivision of a Galician concello (“municipality”), often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish


lisboeta

gl-noun

lisboeta m or f by sense (plural lisboetas)

Lisboner (native or inhabitant of Lisbon)


secuestrador

secuestrador m (plural secuestradores, feminine secuestradora, feminine plural secuestradoras)

secuestradores (plural)
secuestradora (feminine)
secuestradoras (feminine plural)


ferramenta

ferramentas (plural)
farramenta (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.


ferramenta

de cada huna domãã pagaredes [huun] dia a seara con uosa ferramenta

1320, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 452:

each week you'll pay with a day of hired work together with your hardware


toco

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
Akin to Spanish tocón (“stump”).


intermitente

(automotive) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator


acústica

(physics) acoustics (a quality of a space for doing music)


raposa

See raposo. Compare Portuguese raposa, Spanish raposa.


alcachofra

alcachofras (plural)
alcachofa (alternative)

[ɑɫ.kɑˈt͡ʃo.fɾɐ]

Borrowed from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic الخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf, “artichoke”).


misandria

From Ancient Greek μισανδρία (misandría), by analogy with misoginia (“misogyny”).


foula

Probably from the crossing of Latin faluppa and Latin favīlla (“ash”).


foula

From Latin fulcus, borrowed from Frankish *fulk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people collectively, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”).


garza

garzas (plural)
garcia (alternative)
gharsa (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
garça (alternative)

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


ruína

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“I collapse”). Cognate with Portuguese ruína and Spanish ruina.

(usually in the plural) ruin (construction withered by time)

(uncountable) ruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)

ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)


risco

Unknown. Compare Portuguese risco, Spanish riesgo and English risk.


risco

Attested since the 14th century. Deverbal from riscar, itself probably from Latin resecō (“cut”).

stroke (a line or drawn with a pen or other writing implement)


napolitano

gl-noun

napolitano m (plural napolitanos, feminine napolitana, feminine plural napolitanas)

napolitanos (plural)
napolitana (feminine)
napolitanas (feminine plural)


tirador

Attested since the 15th century. From tirar (“to shoot; to pull”) + -dor.

Sagitario que quer dizer tanto cõmo [aseetador] ou tirador de séétas

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 95:

Sagitario, which means "arrower" or arrow shooter


maneira

From Old Galician-Portuguese maneira, from Vulgar Latin *manuāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“relating to the hand”).


oligopolio

From oligo- + -polio, by analogy with monopolio (“monopoly”).


chopa

From Old French eschope (“small wooden shop”), from Middle Dutch schoppe, from Proto-Germanic *skup- (“shed, stall”). Compare English shop.

bor

(nautical) small compartment aboard a boat


israelí

gl-noun

israelí m or f by sense (plural israelís)


sirio

sirio m (plural sirios, feminine siria, feminine plural sirias)

sirios (plural)
siria (feminine)
sirias (feminine plural)


cebola

From Old Galician-Portuguese cebola, from Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa. Compare Portuguese cebola, Asturian and Spanish cebolla.


percebe

From Medieval Latin pollicipēde, from Latin pollicis (“thumb”) + pedis (“foot”).


explorador

explorador m (plural exploradores, feminine exploradora, feminine plural exploradoras)

exploradores (plural)
exploradora (feminine)
exploradoras (feminine plural)


salvación

salvacións (plural)
salvaçom (alternative)
salvação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin salvātiōnem.


engrudo

From Old Galician-Portuguese engrudo, deverbal from engrudar.

adhesive paste usually prepared with flour and hot water


saña

Probably inherited from Latin saniēs, Late Latin sania interpreted as the base of īnsānia (“unsoundness of mind”).

ca as cõpañas erã grãdes de todas partes et auj́ãsse grã desamor et grã saña

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 405:

because the armies were large in both sides, and they had great unlove and great hatred for each other


cerne

Nonstandard form of cerna (“heartwood; core, kernel”).


cerna

cernas (plural)
cerne (alternative)
cerno (alternative)

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

por quatro levuas de çerna que mercastes a Fernan Peres, toneleiro

1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 112

because of four loads of heartwood that you bought from Fernán Pérez, barrel-maker

Iten, preçaron duas grades e hun chedeiro e dous temoos de cerna, a parte dos menores em quorenta :XL -? maravedis

1474, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 74:

Item, they appraised two grates, a cart's bed and two shafts of heartwood, the part corresponding to the kids, 40 coins


recruta

gl-noun

recruta m or f by sense (plural recrutas)

(military) recruit (a newly enlisted soldier)


sábio

sábios (plural)
sábia (feminine)
sábias (feminine plural)


abano

Probably from a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).

fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)


alquimista

alquimista m or f by sense (plural alquimistas)


abdicación

abdicacións (plural)
abdicaçom (alternative)
abdicação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin abdicātiōnem.


aberración

aberracións (plural)
aberraçom (alternative)
aberração (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin aberrātiōnem.


ablación

ablacións (plural)
ablaçom (alternative)
ablação (alternative)


nobre

From Old Galician-Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.


ELA

esclerose lateral amiotrófica
esclerose lateral amiotrófica#Galician

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lou Gehrig's disease
Lou Gehrig's disease

Acronym of esclerose lateral amiotrófica (“ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)”), Lou Gehrig's disease


abnegación

abnegacións (plural)
abnegaçom (alternative)
abnegação (alternative)


ablución

ablucións (plural)
abluçom (alternative)
ablução (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin ablūtiōnem.


abridor

gl-noun

abridor m (plural abridores, feminine abridora, feminine plural abridoras)

abridores (plural)
abridora (feminine)
abridoras (feminine plural)

[a.β̞ɾiˈð̞oɾ]


abridor

[a.β̞ɾiˈð̞oɾ]

(US, CA) can opener/can-opener, (UK, AU) tin opener/tin-opener (device to open tin cans)


absorción

absorcións (plural)
absorçom (alternative)
absorção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin absorptiōnem.


accionista

gl-noun

accionista m or f by sense (plural accionistas)


acedía

acedías (plural)
aceda (alternative)
acidía (alternative)
azadía (alternative)
sadía (alternative)
sedía (alternative)
sidía (alternative)
xudía (alternative)

Microchirus azevia
Wikispecies:Microchirus azevia

Dicologlossa cuneata
Dicologlossa cuneata#English


interferencia

interferencias (plural)
interferência (alternative)


adicción

adiccións (plural)
adicçom (alternative)
adicção (alternative)


taxista

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistas)


escritura

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”).

inh

(uncountable) writing (system of symbols)


voluntario

gl-noun

voluntario m (plural voluntarios, feminine voluntaria, feminine plural voluntarias)

voluntarios (plural)
voluntaria (feminine)
voluntarias (feminine plural)


cambra

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp”). Cognate with Portuguese cãibra and Spanish calambre; see also French crampe. Compare also Italian cambra, French cambre, from a different origin.

cramp (a painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled)


berce

Attested since 1697. Ultimately from *bertium, probably from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
Cognate with Portuguese berço and French berceau; compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”).

Este lugar non foi berzo
Na sua idade mais tenra?
Non lle debeu à crianza,
Todo ò seu ser, è à sabenza?

1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo, escoiten todos:

Was not this place his crib
during his most tender age?
Doesn't he owe it his upbringing,
his whole being and his knowledge?

Deceme miña comadre
o Berse, de que madeyra
serà, para o noso Infante?

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

Tell me, sister,
The crib, of which wood
Will it be for our Prince?


adeus

From Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese adiós, Asturian adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch aju, English adieu, Extremaduran adiós, French adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Occitan adieu, Portuguese adeus, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo, Spanish adiós.


comadre

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Spanish and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

a very dear and honoured female friend; cummer

(humorous, mildly derogatory) gossipmonger


bioquímica

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


serán

seráns (plural)
serao (alternative)
sarao (alternative)
seram (alternative)
serão (alternative)

→ Portuguese: sarau

From Old Galician-Portuguese serão, from Vulgar Latin *seranum, from Latin sērus (“late”). Cognate with Portuguese serão. Compare also Spanish sarao, which descends from the Galician or the Portuguese term.

evening (a party or gathering held in the evening)


grampa

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). Compare Portuguese grampo.


cáliz

cálices (plural)
cález (alternative)
cálice (alternative)
cális (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese calez, caliz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin calix, calicis.

hun calez de prata d'un marco et meo, que seia laurado et dourado arredor nas orelas

1307, 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 440:

a silver chalice of a mark and a half, sculpted and gilded around on the rim


cáliz

Learned borrowing from Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux).


verán

veráns (plural)
veram (alternative)
verão (alternative)
bran (alternative)
brao (alternative)
verao (alternative)
vra (alternative)
vrán (alternative)
vrao (alternative)
vrau (alternative)
vrou (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese verão (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin (tempus) *veranum, from Latin vēr (“spring”). Cognate with Portuguese verão and Spanish verano.


vea

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

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

et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias porque se deuen cauidar de fazer en taes lugares talladuras nen queimaduras a nehua gisa

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

and the aforementioned powders must be used in the [horse's] parts with nerves and entangled with veins and arteries, because one must refrain from cutting and burning those place in any way

vein (a stripe or streak of a different colour or composition)


receita

From Old Galician-Portuguese receita, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus (“received”), from perfect passive participle of recipiō (“I receive”).


gravidade

Learned borrowing from Latin gravitās, gravitātem (“weight”).


gravitación

gravitation (universal force of gravity)


condutor

gl-noun

condutor m (plural condutores, feminine condutora, feminine plural condutoras)

condutores (plural)
condutora (feminine)
condutoras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin conductor, conductorem (“contractor, employer”).

lbor

conductor (substance that transfers heat or electricity)

Conseguiu traballo de condutor nunha empresa de autobuses.

He got work as a driver in a bus company.


namorado

gl-noun

namorado m (plural namorados, feminine namorada, feminine plural namoradas)

namorados (plural)
namorada (feminine)
namoradas (feminine plural)
enamorar (alternative)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese namorado.


selección

seleccións (plural)
selecçom (alternative)
seleçom (alternative)
seleção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiōnem.


laosiano

gl-noun

laosiano m (plural laosianos, feminine laosiana, feminine plural laosianas)

laosianos (plural)
laosiana (feminine)
laosianas (feminine plural)


cabido

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese cabidoo, from Latin capitulum (“council”). Cognate with Portuguese cabido, Spanish cabildo. Doublet of capítulo.

1254, Emilio Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 283

a charter written in a leather parchment, and sealed with two hanging seals, containing that [sic] one of the seals belonged to the bishop of Lugo and the other to the chapter of that place

carta escripta en purgameo de coyro e seelada de dous seelos pendentes, en que se contiinna que hun dos seelos era do bispo de Lugo e outro do cabidoo dese lugar

chapter (a section of a social or religious body)


feltro

13th century. Attested in local Latin documents as feltro, feltra at least since the 10th century. From Proto-West Germanic *felt. Doublet of filtro. Cognate with Spanish fieltro.

felt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool)


despensa

despensas (plural)
dispensa (alternative)

Attested since circa 1300. A semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dispendere.

Et mando que baa por min huun ome en rromaria a santa Maria de Rocamador por mia alma et lle den dozentos mrs. para despensa et cen soldos para offerir a o altar de Santa Maria et cento cinquaenta soldos para dar a os pobres pelo camiño

1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 496:

I order that a man goes in pilgrimage in my name and for my soul to Saint Mary of Rocamadour; and they must give to him two hundred maravedis for expenses and a hundred solidi as offering to the altar of Saint Mary and a hundred and fifty solidi for giving to the poors along the way

Item duas arquas grandes para ceuada et hua enna despensa et hua sen cubertura

1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

Item, two large arks for barley and one in the pantry [or larder] and one without cover


flexibilización

flexibilización f (plural flexibilizacións)


contrabandista

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistas)

smuggler; contrabandist (one who smuggles things)


interrogación

interrogacións (plural)
interrogação (alternative)
interrogaçom (alternative)


vacina

Learned borrowing from Latin vaccina < vaccinus. Meaning comes from New or Scientific Latin (variola) vaccina (“cowpox”).


tibetano

tibetano m (plural tibetanos, feminine tibetana, feminine plural tibetanas)

tibetanos (plural)
tibetana (feminine)
tibetanas (feminine plural)


eritreo

eritreo m (plural eritreos, feminine eritrea, feminine plural eritreas)

eritreos (plural)
eritrea (feminine)
eritreas (feminine plural)


ciprés

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese çipres, ultimately from Occitan cipres, from Late Latin cypressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos). First attested in 1493.

inh+

Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus sempervirens#Translingual


berberecho

berberechos (plural)
berbecho (alternative)
berbiricho (alternative)
birbericho (alternative)
berbicho (alternative)

[beɾβeˈɾet͡ʃʊ]

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language; otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Galician carneiro (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.

cog

Inda a nai non pon o pé
 por adentro do portelo
 xa chegan os seus miniños
 «a min, a min berberecho» ;
 cisca uns poucos pola eira
 os rapaces van collé-los
 de gatiñas uns con outros
 levantandose e caendo.
 Dimpois tódo-los da casa
 arredor do fol ou cesto
 non se afartan de gandire
 os birbirichiños frescos;

1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 158:

Mother hasn't even
 put her foot ahead the gate
 when her children come asking
 «to me, to me, cockle»;
 she scatters a few by the yards
 the kids try to catch them
 squatting, ones and others
 standing and falling.
 Later, everyone at the house,
 around the bag or basket,
 they don't get tired of devouring
 the fresh little cockles;

Cerastoderma edule
Wikispecies:Cerastoderma edule


moldavo

gl-noun

moldavo m (plural moldavos, feminine moldava, feminine plural moldavas)

moldavos (plural)
moldava (feminine)
moldavas (feminine plural)


catéter

Learned borrowing from Late Latin catheter, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr).

lbor

(medicine) catheter (a small tube inserted into a body cavity)


corrección

correccións (plural)
correcçom (alternative)
correçom (alternative)
correcção (alternative)
correção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctiōnem.


haitiano

gl-noun

haitiano m (plural haitianos, feminine haitiana, feminine plural haitianas)

haitianos (plural)
haitiana (feminine)
haitianas (feminine plural)


montenegrino

montenegrino m (plural montenegrinos, feminine montenegrina, feminine plural montenegrinas)

montenegrinos (plural)
montenegrina (feminine)
montenegrinas (feminine plural)


liberiano

liberiano m (plural liberianos, feminine liberiana, feminine plural liberianas)

liberianos (plural)
liberiana (feminine)
liberianas (feminine plural)


mauritano

mauritano m (plural mauritanos, feminine mauritana, feminine plural mauritanas)

mauritanos (plural)
mauritana (feminine)
mauritanas (feminine plural)


uzbeco

uzbeco m (plural uzbecos, feminine uzbeca, feminine plural uzbecas)

uzbecos (plural)
uzbeca (feminine)
uzbecas (feminine plural)


gambiano

gambiano m (plural gambianos, feminine gambiana, feminine plural gambianas)

gambianos (plural)
gambiana (feminine)
gambianas (feminine plural)


gambiana

female equivalent of gambiano (“Gambian”)


bigode

Unknown. Popular theories (folk etymology) include its coming from German bei Gott (“by God”), because, when taking an oath, some men, once they said "by God", would supposedly aimed at the superior lip with the index finger, symbolising forming the cross with the fingers and kissing it. Compare Portuguese bigode.

moustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches


rotación

rotacións (plural)
rotaçom (alternative)
rotação (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin rotatio, rotationem.


músico

gl-noun

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

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

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


católico

gl-noun

católico m (plural católicos, feminine católica, feminine plural católicas)

católicos (plural)
católica (feminine)
católicas (feminine plural)

From Late Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).


devoción

devocións (plural)
devozón (alternative)
devoçom (alternative)

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


funcionario

gl-noun

funcionario m (plural funcionarios, feminine funcionaria, feminine plural funcionarias)

funcionarios (plural)
funcionaria (feminine)
funcionarias (feminine plural)
funcionário (alternative)


cardeal

From Old Galician-Portuguese cardeal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cardinālis (“cardinal”), from cardō (“door hinge”).

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela

(Catholicism, historical) each one of the seven canons of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela


birmano

birmano m (plural birmanos, feminine birmana, feminine plural birmanas)

birmanos (plural)
birmana (feminine)
birmanas (feminine plural)


guineano

guineano m (plural guineanos, feminine guineana, feminine plural guineanas)

guineanos (plural)
guineana (feminine)
guineanas (feminine plural)


mozambicano

mozambicano m (plural mozambicanos, feminine mozambicana, feminine plural mozambicanas)

mozambicanos (plural)
mozambicana (feminine)
mozambicanas (feminine plural)


samoano

samoano m (plural samoanos, feminine samoana, feminine plural samoanas)

samoanos (plural)
samoana (feminine)
samoanas (feminine plural)


botswaniano

botswaniano m (plural botswanianos, feminine botswaniana, feminine plural botswanianas)

botswanianos (plural)
botswaniana (feminine)
botswanianas (feminine plural)


comoriano

comoriano m (plural comorianos, feminine comoriana, feminine plural comorianas)

comorianos (plural)
comoriana (feminine)
comorianas (feminine plural)


leme

Obscure. Perhaps from Basque lema, ultimately from Latin temō. Alternatively, from a Germanic origin. Compare French limon.

unk

Obscure

(nautical) rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)

(aeronautics) rudder (control surface of an aircraft)


pouta

From *pauta and cognate of English paw, of probable Germanic origin.


estoque

1376. From Old French estoc (“end of a sword, rapier”), from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“to beat, thrust, push”).

der

Iten me deve Juça de Castro por huun estoque garneçydo de prata seysçentos mrs.

1376, Miguel Ángel González García (ed.), "El testamento del maestrescuela Juan Martínez (1376)" in Diversarum rerum, 1 (2006), page 130

Item, Juça de Castro owes me six hundred coins for a rapier garnished in silver


ánima

Learned borrowing from Latin anima. Doublet of alma.


pitón

pitóns (plural)
pitom (alternative)
pitão (alternative)


egoa

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


bandeira

Perhaps a Romance derivation from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign”); alternatively from Old French bande (“band”). Compare Portuguese bandeira, Spanish bandera, French bannière and Italian bandiera.


casamento

From Old Galician-Portuguese casamento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from casar (“to marry”) + -mento. Compare Portuguese casamento and Spanish casamiento.

Sabam quantos esta carta virem commo eu, Afonso Peres, prior do moesteiro de Villa Noua de Lourençaa, dou en casamento a uos, Tareyia Afonso, mina [sobrina], filla de Dominga Yannes, et a Lopo Yannes de Masma, voso marido, huna casa con sua praça et con seu forno que eu aio en Villa Noua de Lourençaa

1342, M. M. Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 129:

Let everyone reading this charter know how I, Afonso Pérez, prior of the monastery of Vilanova de Lourenzá, give in dowry to you, Tareixa Afonso, my niece, daughter of Dominga Yanes, and to Lopo Yanes of Masma, your husband, a house with its yard and its oven that I have in Vilanova de Lourenzá

dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)


animalista

gl-noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistas)


espárrago

From Latin sparagus, asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


mecha

et fogil et ysca et candea de çera et hun pente e mechas de xofre e hun cordón de sedas

1455, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, page 315:

and a tinderbox, and tinder, and a candle made of wax, and a comb, and sulfur wicks, and a silk cord


somana

From Old Galician-Portuguese semana, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).


galardón

From Old Galician-Portuguese gualardon, cognate with Portuguese galardão, Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally ‘back-payment’: compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan.

Et poys ma derõ tódoslos rreys por galardón do que fige, quero gardar meu galardón

1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 237:

And because all the kings gave her to me as a reward for what I did, I want to keep my reward


capitalista

gl-noun

capitalista m or f by sense (plural capitalistas)


limpo

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


atletismo

athletics (sporting activities such as track and field and running)


orador

orador m (plural oradores, feminine oradora, feminine plural oradoras)

oradores (plural)
oradora (feminine)
oradoras (feminine plural)


circuncisión

Learned borrowing from Latin circumcīsiōnem.


secreción

secrecións (plural)
secreçom (alternative)
secreção (alternative)


ligamento

[li.ɣ̞ɑˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]

[li.ɣ̞ɑˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]

Learned borrowing from Latin ligāmentum.


termómetro

[t̪ɛɾˈmɔ̃.mɛ.t̪ɾʊ]


excremento

Learned borrowing from Latin excrēmentum.


chama

From Old Galician-Portuguese chama (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin flamma (“flame”). Cognate with Portuguese chama, Spanish llama, Sicilian ciamma.


arquitectura

arquitecturas (plural)
arquitetura (alternative)


soldadura

Que o dito Lourenço, ferreiro, que faça seysçentos ferros de quatro pees en longo et de cada parte hua argolla grande et grosa [...] et que cada ferro teña as argollas ben saldadas, por que se algua das soldadoras falleçese, toda a obra se perdería.

1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 437:

That the aforementioned Lourenzo, smith, must make six hundred iron pieces, each one four-feet long and having at both extremes a thick and large ring … and every iron item must have its rings correctly welded, because if any of the solderings failed, the whole work would be lost.


golfista

gl-noun

golfista m or f by sense (plural golfistas)


pescador

pescador m (plural pescadores, feminine pescadora, feminine plural pescadoras)

pescadores (plural)
pescadora (feminine)
pescadoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pescador, from Latin piscātor, piscātōrem.


aparecido

aparecido m (plural aparecidos, feminine aparecida, feminine plural aparecidas)

aparecidos (plural)
aparecida (feminine)
aparecidas (feminine plural)


horizonte

Borrowed from Latin horizōn, horizontem, Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn).


apocalipse

Attested since the 14th century (apocalise) From Latin apocalypsis. Compare Portuguese apocalipse and Spanish apocalipsis.

(figurative) apocalypse (cataclysmic event, disaster)

hũu liuro apocalisy scripto en purgameo e cuberto de cuberturas de táuõas cubertas de coyro uermello con pregos grandes, o qual liuro era scripto em bõa létera formada e con pinturas

1396, A. Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 138:

a book of Revelation written on parchment and covered with covers made of boards covered with red leather, with large sheets, and the mentioned book is written with good well formed letter and with paintings

(biblical, religion) the book of Revelation

(biblical, religion) Apocalypse (the end of the world)


lúa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lūna. Compare Portuguese lua and Spanish luna.

inh+

a moon or natural satellite of any planet


ralo

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


ralo

ralos (plural)
relo (alternative)
renlo (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese *rãelo, from a Proto-Galician ranello: ra + -elo, "little frog". Cognate with Portuguese ralo.

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Wikispecies:Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa


xícara

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish xícara, from Classical Nahuatl xīcalli.


xarope

Borrowed from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Compare Spanish jarabe, Catalan xarop and Portuguese xarope.


bicha

From Old Galician-Portuguese bescha (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin bēstia or Vulgar Latin bestula.


realeza

royalty (the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch)


contusión

Learned borrowing from Latin contūsiōnem.


frasca

From Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle”). Attested in Iberian Medieval Latin documents as flasca since 827.


cuño

Attested since the 15th century. From Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunho and Spanish cuño.

quatro florĩis d'ouro do cuño d'Aragon

1419, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 200


sarro

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Paleo-Hispanic.

con sal mudo et con sarro de cuba que chaman tartaro

1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria00. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

with ground salt and with barrel sarro, which they call tartar

tartar (red compound deposited during wine making)

Semibalanus balanoides
Wikispecies:Semibalanus balanoides


anfiteatro

From Latin amphitheātrum, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέατρον (amphithéatron).


alpe

Compare Scotish Gaelic alp, and Irish alp. Cognate Portuguese alpes


bolboreta

bolboretas (plural)
barboleta (alternative)
borboleta (alternative)
palvoreta (alternative)
polvoreta (alternative)
volvoreta (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta, 15th century) of uncertain origin; perhaps from a diminutive of Latin pulvis, pulveris.


faisán

faisáns (plural)
faisám (alternative)
faisão (alternative)


gorrión

gorrións (plural)
gorriom (alternative)
gorrião (alternative)


cisne

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


grelo

Uncertain; perhaps from Latin gryllus (“cricket, grasshopper”), but compare grilo.

A trinidade do galego: nabo, nabiza e grelo

1976, Maruxa Barrio Val, Textos pra o ensino do galego, A Coruña: Ed. do Rueiro., →ISBN:

The trinity of the Galicians: turnip, turnip greens and grelos

Brassica rapa
Brassica rapa#Translingual

(cooking, in the plural) pre-flowering Brassica rapa (turnip) greens, usually consumed in caldo or as a side dish


escorpión

Learned borrowing from Latin scorpiōnem.


perico

gl-noun

perico m (plural pericos, feminine perica, feminine plural pericas)

pericos (plural)
perica (feminine)
pericas (feminine plural)

Probably from Perico, a diminutive of the personal name Pedro (“Peter”)


arpón

arpóns (plural)
arpom (alternative)
arpão (alternative)


castaña

castañas (plural)
castanha (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese castanna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).

seys teegas de castanas secas et linpas et escolleytas dos cascõõs et do podre

1418, Sada / A Coruña, edited by Manuel Lucas Álvarez and Pedro Lucas Domínguez, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Ediciós do Castro, page 148:

six measures of dry and clean chesnuts, free of dried ones and of rotten ones


bastimento

From Old Galician-Portuguese bastimento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French bastiment.

mando a o dito meu fillo andreu em rraçon do terço et por rraçon de melloria sobre los outros seus yrmaos et yrmaas a mia casa forte de Cira et as armas et bastimento que y esteuer a tempo de meu finamento

1368, A. López Ferreiro, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 348:

I bequeath the aforementioned Andreu, my son, because of the third and of the improvement over his brothers and sisters, my stronghold of Cira, with all the weapons and supplies that happen to be there at the time of my death

Outrosy mandamos que o dicto Martin Bezerra et sua moller nen sua voz nen outro algun non posan fazer poço nen sacar agoa nen fazer algibe nen çistrenna nen otra cousa semellante para teer agoa por maneyra de bastimento dentro en a dicta casa noua nen arredor dela trijnta couedos.

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

Also, we command that neither the aforementioned Martin Becerra, nor his wife, nor their successors, nor anyone, could make a well, or extract water, or make a reservoir, or a cistern, or any other such thing for having water as a supply inside the mentioned new house, nor around it for thirty cubits


rá

rás (plural)
arrá (alternative)
arrán (alternative)
ran (alternative)

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


cadela

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


beleza

Compare Portuguese beleza, Spanish belleza.

beauty (property of being attractive, pleasing, fine, or good-looking)

beauty (something that is particularly good or pleasing)


roxo

gl-noun

roxo m (plural roxos, feminine roxa, feminine plural roxas)

roxos (plural)
roxa (feminine)
roxas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese roxo (“dark red”), from Latin russeus (“dark red”), from russus (“red”).


sese

(in the plural) fly maggots and eggs deposited in meat or food


púrpura

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).


mapache

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

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


sogra

From Old Galician-Portuguese sogra, from Late Latin socra, from Latin socrus.


intérprete

gl-noun

intérprete m or f by sense (plural intérpretes)

interpreter (one who interprets speech in another language)


electricista

electricista m or f by sense (plural electricistas)


florista

florista m or f by sense (plural floristas)


cardume

[kɑɾˈð̞u.mɪ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese *cardume (not attested before 16th century), from carda (“card for textiles”) + -ume, a collective suffix.


vidro

From Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Portuguese vidro, Spanish vidrio.

A honra é unha xoia de gran prezo mais como o vidro axiña se vos creba.

Honor is a jewel of great price, but like glass it can quickly break.

glass (a pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle))


neozelandés

neozelandés m (plural neozelandeses, feminine neozelandesa, feminine plural neozelandesas)

neozelandeses (plural)
neozelandesa (feminine)
neozelandesas (feminine plural)

New Zealander (a person from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent)


libros

[ˈli.β̞ɾʊs̺]


monstro

monster (terrifying and dangerous, wild or fictional creature)

extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal


andino

andino m (plural andinos, feminine andina, feminine plural andinas)

andinos (plural)
andina (feminine)
andinas (feminine plural)


mosteiro

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


doente

From Old Galician-Portuguese doente, from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).

inh

e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr

1327, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:

and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

Non sei qué xuncras traguía na moleira o Seor Pedro, que o vin no outro onte carreirando, como un neno, e axuntando aos seus veciños, pra que onde ao seu palleiro fosen axiña a agoardá-lo; Eu non sei si un formigueiro de vermes lle boligaban entre os miolos dos sesos, pois semellaba a un doente, pro casi arrincando os pelos de debaixo da monteira, sin ton, nin son, e sin xeito; Eu non sei qué lle proía, eu non sei, si tiña o demo; porque os folgos eran fogos e os ollos dous candeeiros, e a cara toda prigada, amostrando os seus chavellos coa boca de un palmo aberta, babexado o fuciñeiro, parecía un estraloxe, un estraloxe de un vello

1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:

I don't know what damned thing was bringing in his head Mr. Pedro, whom I saw the day before yesterday running around, as a kid, and gathering his neighbours asking them to come swiftly to his barn and wait for him; I don't know if a colony of worms was scampering around the center of his brains, because he looked as a madman, almost pulling out the hair from under the hat, without rhyme of reason, and without care; I don't know what was itching him, I don't know if he was possessed by a demon; because his breath was fire and the eyes two lamps, and the face all folded, showing his fangs with mouth open wide, the snout drooling, he looked as a ravel, an old man's ravel


simetría

From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría).

symmetry (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)


arquivo

Learned borrowing from Latin archivum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”).


felicidade

Learned borrowing from Latin felicitas, felicitatem. Cognate with Portuguese felicidade.


repouso

Back-formation from repousar. Compare Portuguese repouso and Spanish reposo.

(collective) dregs, grounds (sediments of a drink)


nacionalidade

From nacional (“national”) + -idade (“-ity”).


pensador

gl-noun

pensador m (plural pensadores, feminine pensadora, feminine plural pensadoras)

pensadores (plural)
pensadora (feminine)
pensadoras (feminine plural)


exército

[ɛˈʃɛɾ.θi.t̪ʊ]

[ɛˈʃɛɾ.θi.t̪ʊ]

[ɛˈʃɛɾ.si.t̪ʊ]


extremista

extremista m or f by sense (plural extremistas)


lasca

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


espectador

espectador m (plural espectadores, feminine espectadora, feminine plural espectadoras)

espectadores (plural)
espectadora (feminine)
espectadoras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin spectātōrem.


californiano

gl-noun

californiano m (plural californianos, feminine californiana, feminine plural californianas)

californianos (plural)
californiana (feminine)
californianas (feminine plural)


navegador

navegador m (plural navegadores, feminine navegadora, feminine plural navegadoras)

navegadores (plural)
navegadora (feminine)
navegadoras (feminine plural)

From Latin navigator, navigatoris, from nāvigō (“I sail, I navigate”).


navegador

(computing) browser (software component capable of rendering HTML)


lamprea

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

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

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

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


calvario

calvarios (plural)
calvário (alternative)

calvary (a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground)

calvary (a series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church)

(by extension, figuratively) calvary (a strenuous experience)


candelabro

Learned borrowing from Latin candēlābrum.


ciclón

From Ancient Greek κυκλῶν (kuklôn, “moving in a circle, whirling”), ultimately from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).


randa

Probably from Proto-Germanic *randiz, *randōn (“edge, rim”). Compare English rand.


monstruosidade

gl-noun

monstruosidade f (plural monstruosidades)


monxe

monxe m (plural monxes, feminine monxa, feminine plural monxas)

monxes (plural)
monxa (feminine)
monxas (feminine plural)
monge (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese monge~monje (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, alteration of monachus. Compare Portuguese monge, Spanish monje.


mocasín

mocasíns (plural)
mocassim (alternative)


ditadura

Learned borrowing from Latin dictatura, from dictō.


anga

Probably from Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga) or Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“something bent, hook”).


tranga

Unknown. If from the alternative form tranca, then from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”).


sisa

Attested since the 14th century. From Old French assise (“tax, imposition”). Cognate with Spanish sisa and English assize.

1439, 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 419

Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora

Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeiros

(historical) assize (a statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures)

1341, M. J. Portela Silva (ed.), Documentos da catedral de Lugo. Século XIV, doc. 415

of each load of wine that is sold, they shall pay twenty solidi; and half of this tax so obtained must be for the city council, and the other half for us [the bishop and chapter]

que de cada carrega de vino que se vender paguen viinte soldos, et la meytat desta sisa que se assi tirar seia para prol do dito conçello, et la otra meytade para nos

(historical) tax, imposition or surcharge on sale good


congrua

congruas (plural)
congra (alternative)
cóngroa (alternative)
cronca (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin portiōnem congrua.

lbor

(law, historical) rents due to a curate for his sustenance

(law, historical) pension that children passes to their parents after their inheritance has been distributed in life


peite

peites (plural)
pente (alternative)
pieite (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese *peitẽe, from Latin pecten, pectinem.


oitavo

oitavos (plural)
8º (alternative abbreviation)
8ª (alternative abbreviation)

From Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”). Doublet of oitava. Cognate with Portuguese oitavo, Catalan octau, and Spanish ochavo.


milagre

[miˈlɑ.ɣ̞ɾɪ]

[miˈlɑ.ɣ̞ɾɪ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese miragre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, *mei- (“to smile, to be astonished”).

inh+

Et el tomou as cadeas en que fora preso, et foyse en rromaria a Santiago, et poseas y hu ainda seẽ ante o seu altar depondoradas en testemoyo d'este miragre

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 193:

And he took the chains that kept him prisoner, and went in pilgrimage to Santiago, and put them there where they still are, hung before his altar as a testimony of this miracle


comentador

gl-noun

comentador m (plural comentadores, feminine comentadora, feminine plural comentadoras)

comentadores (plural)
comentadora (feminine)
comentadoras (feminine plural)

From Latin commentātor. By surface analysis, comentar + -dor.


querela

From Old Galician-Portuguese querela (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin querella (“complaint”), from queror (“I lament, complaint”). Cognate with Spanish querella or English quarrel.

mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra non collese nen defendese nihun ome que errase ao conçello et vezinnos da dicta vila, en esto correjemos et mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra se coller ou defender taes homes que seia tiudo de os presentar ante o Alcallde da dicta vila para que se deles faça conprimento de dereyto et de justiça das querelas et cousas por que foren acusados et demandados

1395, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 565:

we order that the mentioned Martin Becerra shall not take nor defend anyone that wrongs the council and neighbors of this town, and on this we regulate and order that if the aforementioned Martin Becerra takes or defends such people then he must take them before the mayors of the mentioned town, for them to make accomplishment of right and justice of the complaints and causes for which they were accused and sued


escravo

escravo m (plural escravos, feminine escrava, feminine plural escravas)

escravos (plural)
escrava (feminine)
escravas (feminine plural)

First attested in 1460. Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“a Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more.


cimento

From Old Galician-Portuguese cimento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin caementum. Doublet of cemento.


emenda

From Old Galician-Portuguese emenda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Deverbal from emendar.


novas

From Old Galician-Portuguese novas ("news", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).

Despois da tempestad'de tanta guerra
tragees nouas de paz a Bosa terra.

1594, anonymous author, Canción de loor de don Diego Dasmariñas Parragués:

After the tempest and so much war,
you bring news of peace to your land

Omes do vál, da ribeira,
E os que na serra morás;
Dadevos o paraben
Das novas que vou contár.
O noso rey, que deixóu
A Galicia en orfandade,
E por quen tan nobremente
España verteu a sangre
Xá está con nosco... ¡que groria!

Men of the valley, of the seashore,
and you who dwell in the mountains;
congratulate yourselves
for the news I'm about to tell:
our King, who left
Galicia orphaned,
and for whom so nobly
Spain shed her blood
is already among us... Glory!


coto

From a substrate term *cŏtto-, probably from Proto-Celtic *kotto-, meaning "old" and hence either "grown" or "bent". Cognate with Asturian cueto.

peak (the top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range)


coto

gl-noun

coto m (plural cotos, feminine cota, feminine plural cotas)

cotos (plural)
cota (feminine)
cotas (feminine plural)


metade

From Old Galician-Portuguese metade displacing collateral form meiadade, from Late Latin medietātem, accusative singular of medietās (“center; midpoint”), from Latin medius (“middle; half”).


tega

Variant of earlier talega, from Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة (taʕlíqa, “hanging thing”). Doublet of taleiga and teiga. Cognate with Spanish talega.

der

(historical) Synonym of ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure, mass, and land area


galiña

galiñas (plural)
galinha (alternative)
galía (alternative)

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


freta

(usually in the plural) rub, rubdown, massage


moralista

gl-noun

moralista m or f by sense (plural moralistas)


rifa

E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora

1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:

And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail


exhibicionista

exhibicionista m or f by sense (plural exhibicionistas)

exhibitionist (he who exposes genitalia)


fatelo

Albíxiras, pobre xente,
pois voso pai un fatelo
ten que lle chaman capelo

1816, anonymous author, Louvores do cardeal Quevedo:

Good news, poor people,
because your father a garment
has that they call galero [your bishop has been made cardinal]


amígdala

Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala, amygdalum, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”), due to its shape. Doublet of améndoa and mandorla.

der

(anatomy, immunology) tonsil (small lymphatic mass on each side of the throat)

(neuroanatomy) amygdala (region of the brain)


ollo

From Old Galician-Portuguese olho, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Cognate with Portuguese olho and Spanish ojo.


compulsión

compulsións (plural)
compulsom (alternative)
compulsão (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin compulsiōnem.


aversión

aversións (plural)
aversom (alternative)
aversão (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin āversiōnem.


trapo

Inherited from Late Latin drappus (“piece of cloth”), which is of Indo-European origin (compare Lithuanian drãpanos (“clothes, laundry”)), but perhaps neither Germanic nor Celtic.

cog

sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat)


turbulencia

Learned borrowing from Latin turbulentia.


rolla

From Latin rotula (“little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rolda and rótula. Cognate with Portuguese rolha.

wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load

cork, stopper, plug (they were made with oiled twisted rags in the past)


optimista

gl-noun

optimista m or f by sense (plural optimistas)

From French optimiste, from Latin optimus.


pesimista

pesimista m or f by sense (plural pesimistas)

From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus.


pesimismo

From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus.


carreta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carreta, possibly borrowed from Old Catalan carreta, from carro + -eta.


himno

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


proposición

proposicións (plural)
proposiçom (alternative)
proposição (alternative)


orfanato

orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)


gramático

gl-noun

gramático m (plural gramáticos, feminine gramática, feminine plural gramáticas)

gramáticos (plural)
gramática (feminine)
gramáticas (feminine plural)

grammatician (person who studies grammar)


precipitación

Learned borrowing from Latin praecipitātiōnem.


vendaval

Attested since the 14th century. From Old French vent d'aval (“wind from the lowlands”).

der

ata medio dia, donde nasçe o vento vendaual

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 62:

until midday [=the south], where it is born the south wind


minibar

Borrowed from English minibar, equivalent to mini- + bar.


celebración

Learned borrowing from Latin celebrātiōnem.


lebre

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


pecador

gl-noun

pecador m (plural pecadores, feminine pecadora, feminine plural pecadoras)

pecadores (plural)
pecadora (feminine)
pecadoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecador, from Latin peccātōrem.


malentendido

From mal- + entendido or malentender + -ido.


braga

From Old Galician-Portuguese bragas, from Latin brāca, of probable Celtic origin. Compare Latin Bracari, from a local substrate language.

Non se pescan troitas con bragas enxoitas

(in the plural, dated) pants, trousers, breeches

(also in the plural) panty; panties, knickers


arroto

arrotos (plural)
alroto (alternative)
arruto (alternative)
roto (alternative)
ruto (alternative)


popa

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).


bofetada

Attested since the 15th century. From bofete + -ada.

que vira ao dito Johán, ome do dito prouisor, jaser ençima da dita Tareija do Tyollo et ela que tiña as pernas encrusilladas, descobertas, en çima fasta o ventre, ben brancas, et el que pona en ela as pernas e as maaos por las abryr et non podía, et por que as non quería abrir, que lle daba bofetadas et ela, descabellada, jasendo en terra, et disendo "Ay del Rey, ay del Rey".

1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, page 337:

that he saw said Xoán, man of the provisor, lying over said Tareixa do Tiollo; and that she had her legs crossed and naked up to her belly and very white; and that he was putting his hands and legs on her for opening them but couldn't; and that because she didn't want to he was slapping her, who were disheveled, lying in the ground and saying "Help! Help!".


erosión

erosións (plural)
erosom (alternative)
erosão (alternative)

[ɛ.ɾɔˈs̺joŋ]


alquimia

alquimias (plural)
alquímia (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

der

اَلْكِيمْيَا

اَلْكِيمِيَاء

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)


touro

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


azafate

azafates (plural)
acifate (alternative)
asifate (alternative)

Attested since the 18th century. From Arabic سَفَط (safaṭ, “basket”). Compare Portuguese açafate, Spanish azafate, Catalan safata.

I o home da dita muller operada ponnos por diante un gran acifate acogulado de cachucha, lacón, chourizos, carne de vaca, pan de millo e viño

1888, Rufino Ribera Losada, Un bautismo na Ponte do Burgo:

And that woman's husband put before us a large tray packed with pork head and shoulder, chorizos, beef, cornbread and wine

(regional, southern Galicia) low basket; tray


tacón

tacóns (plural)
tacom (alternative)
tacão (alternative)

12th century. Debated: perhaps from a West Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”): compare Portuguese tacão, Spanish tacón, English tach, Old French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”).

unk

Debated

cog

1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 94

Item, shoes for peons and laborers, thirteen white coins and a crown. Item, heels for these shoes, six white coins and two crowns. Item, shoes for youngsters, fifteen years old or less, ten white coins. Item, heels for these shoes, four white coins. Item, shoes for man of woman, soiled and lined, twenty white coins.

Iten çapatos de ome de pẽe et de lavrador trese blanquas et hũu coroado. Iten tacoes para estes çapatos seis blanquas et dous coroados. Iten çapatos para moços pequeños de quinse annos ajuso des blanquas. Iten tacoes para estes çapatos, quatro blanquas. Iten çapatos para ome ou moller solados et sobresolados viinte blanquas


alucinación

alucinacións (plural)
alucinaçom (alternative)
alucinação (alternative)


conmoción

conmocións (plural)
comoçom (alternative)
comoção (alternative)


moroso

gl-noun

moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)

morosos (plural)
morosa (feminine)
morosas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin morōsus, from mora.


duopolio

From duo- + -polio, by analogy with monopolio (“monopoly”).


fundamentalista

fundamentalista m or f by sense (plural fundamentalistas)


calzada

From Old Galician-Portuguese calçada (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (“paved road”), probably from calx (“limestone”). Cognate with Portuguese calçada and Spanish calzada.

estando ena villa de padrom ena calçada noua que chaman do juyz

1318, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 146:

being at the town of Padrón, on the new paved street they call of the judge


iconografia

reintegrationist spelling of iconografía


vulcanólogo

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

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

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


brasileiro

brasileiro m (plural brasileiros, feminine brasileira, feminine plural brasileiras)

brasileiros (plural)
brasileira (feminine)
brasileiras (feminine plural)


composición

composicións (plural)
composiçom (alternative)
composição (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin compositiō, compositiōnem.


anomalía

From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía).

anomaly (a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal)


charco

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.


musgo

Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin muscus (“musk”).

Et teu yrmão Fernã Gonçaluez, cõna muy grã coyta que ouue, sey(nd)o do paaço fugindo et saltou en hũu curral que nõ era muy limpo; et, quando el et seus panos ende seyrõ nõ cheyrauã a musgo

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 625:

And your brother Fernán González, with the great trouble he had, getting out of the palace and fleeing he jumped into a corral that was not very clean; and, when he finally got out of it, his clothes didn't smell of musk


racha

De ruín madeira, nunca boa racha


fabricante

gl-noun

fabricante m or f by sense (plural fabricantes)


revolta

[reˈβ̞ɔl̪.t̪ɐ]


moza

moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)

mozas (plural)
mozo (masculine)
mozos (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moça, Asturian and Spanish moza.

unk

unknown

Iten, que dían os çapatos de moços e moças de quinse anos fasta viinte, a des mrs, tacoados et sollados et ben apostados et de boo coyro e ben coseytos; et sengellos, a seys mrs.

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 129:

Item, they should give the shoes for boys and girls, from fifteen till twenty years old, tacked and soled and corrected and made of good leather and well sewn, at ten maravedis; the simple ones, at six maravedis

girl; teenager; young lady; single woman


adxectivo

adxectivos (plural)
adjetivo (alternative)


artigo

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”). Compare the inherited artello and other borrowing artículo.

slbor

article (story, report, or opinion piece)

E creo uerdadeyramente a ffe chatoliqua cõ tódoslos artigoos della segundo a fe Sancta Igleia de Rroma

1345, A. Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, page 22:

And I really believe in the Catholic faith, with every one of its precepts, after the faith of the Holly Church of Rome

visto todo o dito proçesso de pleito asi enno prinçipal commo enno artigoo da apelaçon, acho que o dito pleito e apelaçon he devoluto aa igleia de Santiago

1399, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 504

approved all of this process of lawsuit, in the main as well as in the article of appeal, I find that the whole lawsuit and appeal is returned to the church of Santiago

article (section of a legal document); precept; point


conxunción

conxuncións (plural)
conjunçom (alternative)
conjunção (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin coniūnctiōnem.


interxección

Learned borrowing from Latin interiectiō, interiectiōnem.


preposición

Learned borrowing from Latin praepositiō, praepositiōnem.


libretista

gl-noun

libretista m or f by sense (plural libretistas)


centrocampista

centrocampista m or f by sense (plural centrocampistas)

From centro (“middle, center”) + campo (“field, pitch”) + -ista.


vermello

vermellos (plural)
vermelho (alternative)

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vermello, from Vulgar Latin vermiculus (“purple, red”), attested as a color in the writings of Isidore of Seville, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), similar to coccinus (“purple”). Compare Portuguese vermelho, Spanish bermejo.

inh+

As mangas e medias eran de vermello.


laranxa

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Portuguese laranja, Spanish naranja, English orange.

der

Es a millor laranxa que saliu do laranxeiro.

You are the best orange that came out of the orange grove.


rebanda

rebandas (plural)
rabanda (alternative)
ramada (alternative)
rebada (alternative)
robada (alternative)
robanda (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese *rabãar, verb derived from *rabão (Modern Galician rabo (“turnip”)). Cognate with Spanish rebanada.

Máis quero que me sobren duas rebandas de pan cando poño a mesa áos xornaleiros, que non que me fallen.

I'd rather have two slices of bread left, when serving the table for the day labourers, than to lack two.


mércores

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercores (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).

mércoles (alternative)
mercores (alternative)

Os outros dias da semana teuerom et téém et am os antigóós [nomes] quelles os [gentijs] poserõ das planetas: o lues da lũa, o martes de Mars, o mercoles de Mercurio, o joues de Jupyter, o vernes de Venus

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 94:

the other days of the week had and have the old names which the pagans gave to them, from the planets: Monday of the Moon, Tuesday of Mars, Wednesday of Mercury, Thursday of Jupiter, Friday of Venus

days of the week: día da semana: luns · martes · mércores · xoves · venres · sábado · domingo [edit]


xoves

From Old Galician-Portuguese joves (not found in documents from Portugal), from Latin Iovis dīēs, variant of dīēs Iovis.


venres

From Old Galician-Portuguese vernes (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Veneris dīēs, variant of dīēs Veneris, from Venus (“Roman goddess”).


arco da vella

arcos da vella (plural)
arco das vellas (alternative)
arco de vellas (alternative)

[ˈaɾ.kʊ ˈð̞a ˈβ̞ɛ.ɟɐ]

Probably mythological or Biblical. Its literal meaning is "old woman's bow". Cognate with Portuguese arco da velha.


debuxo

[d̪eˈβ̞u.ʃʊ]


baixo-relevo

reintegrationist spelling of baixorrelevo (“bas relief”)


alto-relevo

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


arxila

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


mármore

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin marmor, marmore, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).

1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 291

the Trojans had their town very well defended, and I'll tell you how they had their town so strong: their walls very strong and very tall, and made not of clay, but of yellow and black and red and brown marble

os troyanos tynam sua villa moy bem gardada, et dizervos ey cõmo elles tynã a villa moy forte: os muros dela erã moy fortes et moyto altos et nõ de tapea, ante eram de marmore jalde et negro et vermello et vis


aceiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese açeyro (14th century), from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. Compare Catalan acer, French acier, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

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

And old of them brought Turkish bows, and gloves of steel, and very sharp arrows

Et tragiã todos arcos torquiys, et luuas de açeyro, et seetas moy agudas.

Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.

1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:

Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.


triatleta

gl-noun

triatleta m or f by sense (plural triatletas)


miñoca

miñocas (plural)
binoca (alternative)
binocra (alternative)
mañoca (alternative)
mexoca (alternative)
minoca (alternative)
mioca (alternative)
miocra (alternative)
moca (alternative)
minhoca (alternative)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese miuca, of unknown origin.
Cognate with Borana miñoca, Portuguese minhoca, Asturian milu and meruca.

inh+

Deixáradesme ir pra terra, pra que as miñocas as tripas e os ósos me esfuracasen e me sugasen axiña

1858, O Seor Pedro, Romance Gallego..., Santiago: Imprenta de Manuel Mirás, page 2:

You'll let me go to the earth, for the earthworms to drill and suck my guts and my bones

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

1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

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


samesuga

samesugas (plural)
sambesuga (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese semesuga, from Latin sanguisuga (“leech”).

Samesuga? Andar a chuchar o sangue? Que noxo! Como se lle puidera ocorrer ao autor do libro que alguén se quixese converter en samesuga?

2011, Marica Campo, chapter 1, in Noutra dimensión, Vigo: Galaxia, →ISBN, page 11:


polbo

polbos (plural)
polvo (alternative)
pulpo (alternative Galicia Northern)

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). The alternative form, pulpo, is attested in a few medieval documents from northern Galicia and denotes either the earlier loss of post-stressed vowels in the northern regions, before the lenition of intervocalic /p/, or the early expansion of an Asturian form.
Cognate with Portuguese polvo and Spanish pulpo.

duzeas de puluos

1289, Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez, editor, Os documentos do tombo de Toxos Outos, Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 698:

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

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

abedes de dar et pagar a nos et a ho dito noso monesterio et a nosos soçesores huna liaça de pulpus, mays quatro pescadas por día de Natal, en quada hun anno

1495, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 305:

you should give and pay to us and to our monastery and to our successors, a liaza [=eighteen dry tied octopuses] of octopuses and four hakes by Christmas day, each year


lesma

lesmas (plural)
lerma (alternative)
lerme (alternative)
lermia (alternative)
lerne (alternative)
lesme (alternative)
lesmia (alternative)
lezme (alternative)

Attested since circa 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin limax, limacem, perhaps under the influence of a local Celtic substrate; or from a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y- (compare Polish ślimak). Compare also the synonyms limacha, limáchega, limaco.

Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento

c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:

for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment

(figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space


limaco

Ultimately from Latin limax, limacis; compare Spanish limaco.


cuncha

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


xiba

xibas (plural)
sibia (alternative)
xibia (alternative)
jiba (alternative)

From Middle Galician jiba, from Medieval Galician sibia, siba, from Latin sepia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).

E se os ollos teveren pano vello ou rezente, filla a siba e o sarro da cuba e a sal gema, tanto de ũu como doutro, e fage poo de todo e peneirao moi ben e lançao nos ollos deste poo por ũu canudo duas vezes no dia asaz del

1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 184:

And if the eyes have old or recent cloth, take cuttlefish [bone] and wine tartar and rock salt, as much of one as of the other, and make a powder of everything and sieve it well; and with a tube throw a good quantity of it in the eyes, twice a day

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

1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

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


lura

Dissimillation of lula, probably a back formation from an earlier *loliin, from Latin lōllīginem (“squid, cuttlefish”).

Loligo vulgaris
Loligo vulgaris#Translingual


lura

From Paleo-Hispanic *lour-, *lōr-, *lūr-.


cangrexo

cangrexos (plural)
cangarexo (alternative)
caranguexo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish cangrejo. Compare Asturian cangrexu.


cempés

Attested since the 18th century. From cen (“one hundred”) + pés (“feet”).


libeliña

libeliñas (plural)
libelinha (alternative)


escaravello

escaravellos (plural)
esgaravello (alternative)

From Latin scarabaeus "beetle", from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”). Cognate with Portuguese escaravelho and Spanish escarabajo.


avespa

Attested since circa 1300 (vespas). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vespa. Probably influenced by abella (“bee”). Cognate with Portuguese vespa and Spanish avispa.

cõmo as [avellas], as vespas, as moscas, os vermẽes et as outras cousas taes cõmo estas, quese nõ entende que as Deus mãdase a Noe meter ẽna arca, nẽ el nõ as meteo em ella

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 39:

as the bees, the wasps, the flies, the worms and the other things such as these, which one cannot understand how God would have ordered Noah to put in the ark, nor did he put them in it


couza

Attested 18th century. Etymology unknown. Likely unrelated to Latin cossus, so probably from a substrate language.

unk

Etymology unknown


avelaíña

avelaíñas (plural)
avalaíña (alternative)
avelía (alternative)
belaíña (alternative)

Attested since the 18th century. Etymology unknown: from a substrate language or either from a derivative of Latin abellana.


eiruga

From Latin ērūca. Cognate with Portuguese eruga and Spanish oruga.


grilo

Attested, as a surname, in 1308. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).


ourizo do mar

ourizos do mar (plural)
ouriço-do-mar (alternative)


ourizo mariño

gl-noun

ourizo mariño m (plural ourizos mariños)

ourizos mariños (plural)
ouriço marinho (alternative)


sapoconcho

sapoconchos (plural)
sapocuncho (alternative)

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

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

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


serpe de cascabel

serpe de cascabel f (plural serpes de cascabel)


camaleón

camaleóns (plural)
camaleom (alternative)
camaleão (alternative)

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


parrulo

(figurative, informal) a gullible person


gaivota

gaivotas (plural)
gavota (alternative)
gueivota (alternative)

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


picapeixe

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


cuco

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

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

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

Cuculus canorus
Cuculus canorus#Translingual


falcón

falcóns (plural)
falcom (alternative)
falcão (alternative)

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


aguia

aguias (plural)
aiga (alternative)
aigue (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese aguia, from Latin aquila.

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

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

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


grou

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


canario

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

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


vichelocrego

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

Oriolus oriolus
Oriolus oriolus#Translingual


ouriolo

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


melro

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


mascato

Morus bassanus
Morus bassanus#Translingual


curuxa

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

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

barn owl (Tyto alba); a bird usually considered to bring bad or good luck


xénero

genre (kind of literature or other artworks)

(grammar) gender (a division of nouns and pronouns into masculine or feminine)

(taxonomy) genus (a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species)

gender (identification as a man, a woman or something else)


cabalo

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

cabalos (plural)
egua (feminine)
eguas (feminine plural)
cavalo (alternative)

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


egua

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


raposo

gl-noun

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

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

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

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


esquío

From Vulgar Latin *squirus, from sciurus (“squirrel”), from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros), perhaps attracted by Galician esquivo, esquío (“elusive”).

Pero Esquio de Beba
Peter [AKA] Squirrel, from Beba

1399, M. Lucas Alvareze María José 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 271


ourizo cacho

ourizos cachos (plural)
orizo cacho (alternative)
ourizo cacheiro (alternative)


furón

furóns (plural)
furom (alternative)
furão (alternative)

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


golfiño

golfiños (plural)
golfinho (alternative)
gonfín (alternative)

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


candorca

candorcas (plural)
alcandorca (alternative)
candorna (alternative)
candorza (alternative)

[kɑn̪ˈd̪ɔɾ.kɐ]

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


toniña

From Vulgar Latin *thunnīna, from Latin thunnus. Compare Portuguese toninha, Spanish toñina and Catalan tonyina.


balea

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


balea

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom”). Compare French balai, from Gaulish *balano-.


coello

coellos (plural)
coelho (alternative)
coenllo (alternative Galician Western)

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


cocho

gl-noun

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

cochos (plural)
cocha (feminine)
cochas (feminine plural)
cucho (alternative)
gocho (alternative)
gucho (alternative)

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

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic


toupa

toupas (plural)
teipa (alternative)
teipe (alternative)
teupa (alternative)
tiopa (alternative)
topia (alternative)

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


xibón

xibóns (plural)
gibom (alternative)
gibão (alternative)

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


teixugo

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


fumador

gl-noun

fumador m (plural fumadores, feminine fumadora, feminine plural fumadoras)

fumadores (plural)
fumadora (feminine)
fumadoras (feminine plural)

smoker (person who smokes tobacco habitually)