becerro
Galician
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Becerro or xato
Etymology
Debated. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese bezerro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin becerrus, ultimately perhaps from a substrate language and related to, or from, Latin ibex. Cognate with Portuguese bezerro and Spanish becerro.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈθero̝/, (western) /beˈsero̝/
Noun
becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)
- calf (young cow or bull)
- Synonyms: cuxo, pucho, xato, xovenco, vitela
- calfskin
Related terms
- abecerrar
- becerra
- Becerra
- Becerreira
- becerreiro
- becerro marriño
- rebezo
References
- “bezerro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “bezerro/a” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “becerro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “becerro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “becerro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “becerro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish bezerro (“calf”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Basque or Iberian *ibicirru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.ro]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /beˈsero/ [beˈse.ro]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: be‧ce‧rro
Noun
becerro m (plural becerros)
- calf, young cow, bull calf
- Synonyms: (heifer) becerra, ternera, ternero
- calfskin
Derived terms
- becerrada
- becerrista
- enamorarse como un becerro
Descendants
- → Oluta Popoluca: pise̱ru
- → San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chelu
- → Southeastern Tepehuan: bheseer
- → Tagalog: bisiro
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pesiero
- → Yosondúa Mixtec: chelu
See also
- toro m
- vaca f
- vacuno m
Further reading
- “becerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014