ábrego

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āfricus (African), referring to the origin of the wind.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈabɾeɡo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ɣ̞ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈabɾeħo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ħʊ]

 
  • (standard) Rhymes: -abɾeɡo
  • (gheada) Rhymes: -abɾeħo

  • Hyphenation: a‧bre‧go

Noun

ábrego m (plural ábregos)

  1. south wind
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 65:
      Et jaz esta terra ontre Palestina et Syria ajuntada ahũa parte por seus termynos et aaoutra parte jaz contra mediodia donde vem o vento abrego.
      This land lies in between Palestine and Syria, by one side of its limits, and by another lies against the south, from where the south wind blows

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.bɾe.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.bɾe.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.bɾɨ.ɡu/ [ˈa.βɾɨ.ɣu]

  • Hyphenation: á‧bre‧go

Noun

ábrego m (plural ábregos)

  1. Alternative form of ávrego

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āfricus (African), referring to the origin of the wind. Doublet of áfrico.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabɾeɡo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -abɾeɡo
  • Syllabification: á‧bre‧go

Noun

ábrego m (plural ábregos)

  1. southwest wind
  2. (obsolete) African
    Synonym: africano

Further reading

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