barro
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barro
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Portuguese barro, Asturian barru and Spanish barro.
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barro m (plural barros)
- mud
- Synonym: lama
- clay
- Synonym: arxila
- 1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 445:
- cinco mil ladrillos ben cozidos e de boo barro
- five thousand bricks, correctly fired and made of good clay
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Etymology 2 edit
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barro
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References edit
- “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “barro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “barro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “barro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “barro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish barro (“mud; clay”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Noun edit
barro m (plural barri)
- (uncountable) a clay used to make pottery
- Synonym: bucchero
- a piece of pottery made from this clay
- Synonym: bucchero
Etymology 2 edit
Gender change from barra (“helm, tiller”).
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barro m (plural barri)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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barro
Further reading edit
- barro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- barro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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barro m (Latin spelling)
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barro (Latin spelling)
Latin edit
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barrō
Portuguese edit
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- Rhymes: -aʁu
- Hyphenation: bar‧ro
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, and Spanish barro, Asturian barru.
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barro m (plural barros)
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barro
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
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barro m (plural barros)
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- limo m
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin varus (“pustule in the face”).
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barro m (plural barros)
- (dermatology) pustule (caused by acne), closed comedo
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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barro
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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barro
Further reading edit
- “barro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014