Galician

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Etymology

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14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin stercōrō. Cognate with Spanish estercolar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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estercoar (first-person singular present estercoo, first-person singular preterite estercoei, past participle estercoado)

  1. to manure (to apply manure)
    Synonyms: cuitar, estercar

Conjugation

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References

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “sterco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (20142024), “estercar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN