agoiro
Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese agoyro, from Latin augurium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɣojɾo̝/
Noun
agoiro m (plural agoiros)
References
- “agoiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “agoyr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “agoiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “agoiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “agoiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Portuguese
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Portuguese agoiro, agoyro, from Latin augurium.
Usage notes
Often used in the context of predicting bad events.
Derived terms
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