regazo

regazo

Galician

A Galician traditional kitchen oven

Alternative forms

• garrazo, rogazo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese regaço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from regaçar (Modern Galician arregazar). Compare Portuguese regaço and Spanish regazo.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣaθo̝/, (western) /reˈɣaso̝/

Noun

regazo m (plural regazos)

1. lap

   Synonym: colo

2. projecting ledge before the door of a wood oven

   Synonym: regazal

References

• “regaço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “regaço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “regazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “regazo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “regazo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “regazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin recaptiō (“to rechase, repel”). Compare English recatch, recapture, rechase, and recaption.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reˈɡaθo/ [reˈɣ̞a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /reˈɡaso/ [reˈɣ̞a.so]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧zo

Noun

regazo m (plural regazos)

1. lap (the upper legs of a seated person)

Derived terms

• arregazar

Verb

regazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regazar

Further reading

• “regazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014