touro

See also: Touro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese touro, from Latin taurus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtou̯.ɾʊ]

Noun

touro m (plural touros)

a bull
Synonym: almallo

References

Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “touro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “touro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
“touro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“touro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“touro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin taurus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtou̯.ɾo/

Noun

touro m (plural touros)

a bull

Descendants

Galician: touro
Portuguese: touro, toiro

Portuguese

touro

Alternative forms

toiro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese touro, from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, related to Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Compare Galician touro and Spanish toro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾu/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾo/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtow.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɾu/

Rhymes: -owɾu, -oɾu
Homophone: Touro
Hyphenation: tou‧ro

Noun

touro m (plural touros)

a bull

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

“touro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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