trigal

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 11th century. From trigo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾiˈɣal]

Noun

trigal m (plural trigais)

1. wheatfield
2. greenfinch

Related terms

• trigo

Adjective

trigal m or f (plural trigais)

1. wheaty

Derived terms

• herba trigal (“Yorkshire fog”)

References

• “trigal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “trigal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “trigal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “trigal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “trigal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From trigo (“wheat”) +‎ -al (“field of”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡaw/ [tɾiˈɡaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡal/ [tɾiˈɣaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡal/ [tɾiˈɣaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡa.li/ [tɾiˈɣa.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: tri‧gal

Noun

trigal m (plural trigais)

1. wheatfield

   Synonym: seara

Spanish

Etymology

From trigo (“wheat”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡal/ [t̪ɾiˈɣ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tri‧gal

Noun

trigal m (plural trigales)

1. wheatfield
   • 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, I:

     Como una sombra de oro / en el trigal te disuelves.

     Like a shadow of gold / in the wheatfield you dissolve.

Further reading

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