pechadura

Galician

A pechadura

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From pechar (“to lock”) +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pet͡ʃaˈðuɾa̝/

Noun

pechadura f (plural pechaduras)

1. lock (something used for fastening)
   • 1372, A. López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 384:

     Iten vimos quatro arcas para pan, das quaes quatro damos en partiçon aa dita Maria do Mato duas en que posemos signaes apar das pechaduras.

     Item, we saw four arks for grain, of which we give in partition to said María do Mato two in which we put signals by the locks

   Synonyms: cerradura, fechadura, pecheira, pecho

Related terms

• pechar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pechadura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pechadura”, 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), “pechadura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pechadura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN