esporón

Galician

Alternative forms

  • asperón, esperón

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurô (spur), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (to kick), probably borrowed from Old French esperon; documented in local Latin documents, as asperon, at least since 1128. Cognate of Italian sprone, Spanish espolón, French éperon, Occitan esporon.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /espoˈɾoŋ/

Noun

esporón m (plural esporóns)

  1. prod, spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
  2. prop
  3. (nautical) ram, cutwater
  4. (landform) spur
  5. whetstone
  6. dorsal fin

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Asperón
  • esporear (to spur)
  • esporada (kick of the spur)

References

  • esporoada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • spero” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • esporon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • esporón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • esporón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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