bácoro

Galician

Alternative forms

• bácaro, bacro

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Probably from a pre-Latin substrate language, whence also Catalan bacó, Old French bacon (and English bacon). Cognate with Portuguese bácoro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbako̝ɾo̝/

Noun

bácoro m (plural bácoros, feminine bácora, feminine plural bácoras)

1. piglet, suckling pig

   Synonyms: larengo, leitón, rancho, rello

   • 1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:

     A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro

     To Elvira, one modius of grain of the new harvest, whatever species they happen to have there, and one piglet

Derived terms

• bacorelo
• bacoriño
• bacorexar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bacor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bácoro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bácoro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bácoro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possible origins include:

• Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “Jewish child; piglet”);
• Arabic البُكْس (al-buks, “young camel; veal”);
• Arabic بُكَيْرَة (bukayra), diminutive of بَكْرُن (bakrun, “bull”);
• a Germanic word related to French bacon;
• Medieval Latin bacharus.

Cognate with Galician bácoro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ku.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: bá‧co‧ro

Noun

bácoro m (plural bácoros)

1. piglet, suckling pig

   Synonym: leitão

See also

• porco