brinco
See also: brincó
Asturian edit
Verb edit
brinco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
14th century. Probably a half learned word, from Latin vinculum.[1] Doublet of vinco and vínculo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brinco m (plural brincos)
- earring
- 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 330:
- Costança de Monterrey deu querella que lle tomaran o dito mudo et o castellaao hun brinco de prata da orella, en este dia, en Sesnande
- Constance of Monterrei reported that the aforementioned mute and the Castilian took a silver earring from her ear, in this day, in Sesnande
- nose ring (for pigs)
- jump, leap, hop
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
brinco
References edit
- “brinco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “brinquo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “brinco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “brinco (aro)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “brinco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “brincar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: brin‧co
Etymology 1 edit
Sense 1 and 2: from Latin vinculum, from vinciō (“bind, fetter, tie”) + -culum. Sense 3: Deverbal from brincar.[1]
Noun edit
brinco m (plural brincos)
- earring
- (figuratively) something impeccably clean; spotless
- A casa está um brinco. ― The house is spotless.
- frolic, fun, merriment
- Synonyms: brincadeira, diversão, divertimento
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
brinco
References edit
- ^ “brinco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from brincar, from Portuguese brincar; see Etymology 2.
Noun edit
brinco m (plural brincos)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Portuguese brinco, from Latin vinculum.
Noun edit
brinco m (plural brincos)
- small jewel worn by women on their head
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
brinco
Further reading edit
- “brinco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “brincar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 665