cinzarra

Galician
A peliqueiro (a Galician carnivalesque character) wearing chocas or cinzarras ("cowbells").

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; compare Portuguese cincerro, Spanish cencerro and Basque zintzarri.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [θinˈθarɐ]

Noun

cinzarra m (plural cinzarras)

  1. cowbell
    Synonym: choca
  • cinzarrada
  • cinzarreta
  • cinzarro

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