berro

See also: berrò

Galician

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛro/ [ˈbɛ.rʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: be‧rro

Etymology 1

Back-formation from berrar (“to yell”).

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. shout or roar
    Synonyms: berrido, grito
    —Como te chaman, roxiña? —Cando estou lonxe, a berros.
    —How do they call you, little redhead? —When I am far away, by shouting.
  2. voice of an animal
    Synonyms: bramido, bruído, frémito
Derived terms
  • Berro Seco

Verb

berro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of berrar

Etymology 2

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia,[1] from Proto-Celtic *beruro- (“watercress”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Asturian berriu, Breton beler and Gaulish berula.[2][3]

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. cress, watercress
    Synonyms: agrón, brizo
Derived terms
  • berro femia

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “berro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 62-63.
  3. Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 83 – via De Gruyter.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.hu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.χu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁo/ [ˈbɛ.ho]

  • Rhymes: -ɛʁu
  • Hyphenation: ber‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from berrar (“to yell”).

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. shout
  2. roar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

berro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of berrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”). Cognate with Asturian berriu, Galician berro and Breton beler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbero/ [ˈbe.ro]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: be‧rro

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. cress
  2. watercress

Derived terms

Further reading
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