matanza do porco

Galician

Etymology

From matanza (“killing”) do (“of the”) porco (“pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈtanθa ðoˈpɔɾkʊ], (western) [maˈtansa ðoˈpɔɾkʊ]

Noun

matanza do porco f (plural matanzas do porco)

1. (folklore) annual activity and celebration held in autumn consisting both in the killing of pigs and the preparation and preservation of their meat for the winter; usually it concludes with a feast

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “matança”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “matança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “matanza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “matanza do porco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “matanza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.