urraca
See also: Urraca
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAttested since circa 1750. From the older peras de Dona Urraca, "Lady Urraca's pears", from the feminine personal name Urraca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editurraca f (plural urracas)
- a local and very appreciated variety of bittersweet pear
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peras”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “urraca”, 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), “urraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pera urraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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Noun
editurraca f (plural urracas)
Spanish
editEtymology
editOf imitative origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editurraca f (plural urracas)
- magpie (also called: common magpie, European magpie, Eurasian magpie) (Pica pica)
- Synonyms: marica, pega, picaraza, picaza, urraca común
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “urraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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