chaguazo

Galician

Chaguazos

Alternative forms

• chagazo, chougazo, zargazo

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from a Mozarabic *šaguarço, doubly-metathesized variant of *šaugaçro, from Latin salicastrum. Compare Portuguese sargaço (“gulfweed”), Spanish jaguarzo (“rockrose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈɡwaθo̝/

Noun

chaguazo m (plural chaguazos)

1. rockrose (Cistus or Halimium spp.)

   Synonym: carpaza

Derived terms

• Chaguacedo
• Chaguazoso

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chagua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chaguazo”, 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), “chaguazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chaguazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 214-216
• Pascual Riesco Chueca (2018) Toponimia de la provincia de Zamora, Zamora: Florián de Campo, →ISBN, pages 181-183