aguillón
Galician
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Cape Ortegal and the Aguillóns
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese aguillon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin aculeō , from aculeus (“sting”). Compare Portuguese aguilhão, Spanish aguijón, French aiguillon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡiˈʎoŋ/
Noun
aguillón m (plural aguillóns)
- sting
- Synonyms: ferrete, lerna, pipal, asparón, garfelo, alferrón
- goad
- Synonyms: aguillada, guillada, ferrollo, abelaira
- rock, islet
- Synonyms: farallón, eche, ulló, ínsua
Derived terms
- aguilloar
- Aguillón
Related terms
- agulla
- aguillada
- aguillar
References
- “aguillon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “aguillon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “aguillón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aguillón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aguillón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.