áncora

áncora

See also: ancora, àncora, âncora, ancorà, and ancoră

Galician

áncora ("anchor")

Alternative forms

• angla

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ancora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ancora, a probable borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Cognate with Portuguese âncora, Spanish ancla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋkʊɾɐ]

Noun

áncora f (plural áncoras)

1. (nautical) anchor
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:

     con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo

     with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their windlasses, and a hawser made of hemp

Related terms

• ancoradoiro
• ancorar
• ancoraxe

 

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ancora. Doublet of ancla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈankoɾa/ [ˈãŋ.ko.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ankoɾa
• Syllabification: án‧co‧ra

Noun

áncora f (plural áncoras)

1. (nautical) anchor

   Synonym: ancla

Usage notes

• The feminine noun áncora is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el áncora

un áncora

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

• ancorar

Further reading

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