berro

See also: berrò

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛro̝/

Etymology 1

From berrar (“to yell”).

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

shout or roar
—Como te chaman, roxiña? —Cando estou lonxe, a berros.
—How do they call you, little redhead? —When I am far away, by shouting.
voice of an animal

Synonyms

(shout): grito
(voice of an animal): bramido, frémito

Derived terms

Berro Seco

Verb

berro

first-person singular present indicative of berrar

Etymology 2

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia,[1] from Proto-Celtic *beruro- (“watercress”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Breton beler and Gaulish berula.[2][3]

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

Synonyms

agrón
brizo

Derived terms

berro femia

References

“berro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“berro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“berro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. berro.
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 62-63.
Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 83 – via De Gruyter.

Portuguese

Etymology

From berrar (“to yell”).

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

shout
roar

Verb

berro

first-person singular present indicative of berrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbero/

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

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