rinchón
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom rinchar (“to neigh”) + -ón.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrinchón m (plural rinchóns)
- small horse used to find out if a mare is in heat
- Synonym: rifón
- stallion
- Synonym: macho
- mackerel
- woodpecker
Adjective
editrinchón (feminine rinchona, masculine plural rinchóns, feminine plural rinchonas)
- prone to neigh
- (figuratively) noisy
- Synonym: ruidoso
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rinchon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rinchón”, 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), “rinchón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rinchón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN