vesada

Galician

Alternative forms

• avesada

Etymology

From older vessada, from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese vessar (“deep plowing”)), from Latin versare (“to turn over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsaða̝/

Noun

vesada m (plural vesadas)

1. ploughland; field which is ploughed with a heavy plough or carruca
2. corn sowing time

Derived terms

• Avesada
• Avesadas
• Besada
• Vesada
• Vesadiña

Related terms

• vesar

References

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