tabán

See also: taban

Galician
Tábao / moscardo

Alternative forms
  • atabán, tabao, tábao, tabau

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese tavão, from Latin tabānus (“horsefly”). Cognate with Portuguese tavão and Spanish tábano.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taˈβaŋ/

Noun

tabán m (plural tabáns)

  1. horsefly
    Synonyms: mosca caíña, moscardo, tabardo

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