restinga

restinga

See also: Restinga

Galician

Alternative forms

• restringa

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈtiŋɡa̝/

Noun

restinga f (plural restingas)

1. sandbank, sandbar, spit (narrow, pointed, sandy peninsula)

   Synonyms: barra, taro

References

• “restinga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “restinga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “restinga” 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), “restinga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Portuguese

Noun

restinga f (plural restingas)

1. reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)

   Synonyms: recife, arrecife, escolho

2. spit (narrow, pointed, sandy peninsula)
3. vegetation next to a body of water

Related terms

• vau, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, parcel, sirte

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Spanish

Noun

restinga f (plural restingas)

1. sandbar

Further reading

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