terrón

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *terron: terra (“earth”) +‎ -ón. Cognate with Portuguese torrão and Spanish terrón.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teˈroŋ/

Noun

terrón m (plural terróns)

  1. clod, divot, clump of earth
    Synonyms: baloco, leiba
  2. clump, lump (of any other substance)
    Synonym: pela

Derived terms

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

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative. From tierra (“earth, dirt”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teˈron/
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

terrón m (plural terrones)

  1. clod, clump of earth
  2. clump, lump (of any other substance)

Derived terms
  • aterronar (verb)
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