botafumeiro

Galician

Botafumeiro
Botafumeiro, Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

From botar (to throw) + fume (smoke) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /botafuˈmejɾo̝/

Noun

botafumeiro m (plural botafumeiros)

  1. thurible, censer
    Synonyms: incensario, turíbulo

See also

botafumeiro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician botafumeiro.

Noun

botafumeiro m (plural botafumeiros)

  1. the thurible in Santiago de Compostela cathedral

Further reading

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