pernil

Catalan

Etymology

From Aragonese pernil, from perna +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾˈnil/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pərˈnil/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾˈnil/

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Noun

pernil m (plural pernils)

1. ham of pork

Derived terms

• pernil cuit
• pernil dolç
• pernil ibèric
• pernil salat

 

Further reading

• “pernil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pernil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “pernil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pernil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1707. From perna (“leg”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛɾˈnil/

Noun

pernil m (plural pernis)

1. ham (meat from the thigh of quadrupeds)
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:

     Pond'a messa, Cathaliña.

     Christobo:

     Sacad'essa bota, Irena.

     Alberte:

     Sacà, Marta, esse pernil.

     Cathaliña:

     Homes tende pouca pressa,

     que para todo ay bagar.

     Afonso:

     "Set the table, Cathaliña."

     Christobo:

     "Bring out that wineskin, Irena."

     Alberte:

     "Bring out, Marta, that ham."

     Cathaliña:

     "Men, be in little hurry,

     there is a time for everything."

   Synonyms: xamón, lacón

References

• “pernil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “perni” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “pernil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pernil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pernil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin perna (“leg”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /peʁˈniw/, [peɦˈniʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /peʁˈniw/, [peɦˈniʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /peɾˈniw/, [peɾˈniʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /peʁˈniw/, [peʁˈniʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /pɨɾˈnil/, [pɨɾˈniɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: per‧nil

Noun

pernil m (plural pernis)

1. meat from the thigh of quadrupeds

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perna (“leg”) with the suffix -il indicating parts of the body.

Noun

pernil m (plural perniles)

1. ham leg of pork

   Synonym: nalgada

2. (Chile) knuckle of pork
3. (Venezuela) dish made out of ham leg

Further reading

• “pernil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014