enfesto

Galician

Etymology 1

Either from Latin īnfestus (hostil); or from en- + -festo, from Germanic: compare French faîte (top, summit) and German First (ridge).[1]

Alternative forms

  • afesto, anfesto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɱˈfɛsto̝/

Noun

enfesto m (plural enfestos)

  1. colter
    Synonyms: enfesta, teiroa, tioira

Adjective

enfesto (feminine enfesta, masculine plural enfestos, feminine plural enfestas)

  1. (dated) steep
  2. (dated) raised
Derived terms

Adverb

enfesto

  1. (archaic) upwards

References

  • enfesto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • enfesto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • a festo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • enfesto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • enfesto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • enfesto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “enhiesto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Verb

enfesto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enfestar
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