becerro

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Debated. From Old Galician-Portuguese bezerro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin becerrus, ultimately perhaps from a substrate language and related to, or from, Latin ibex. Cognate with Portuguese bezerro and Spanish becerro.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.rʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /beˈsero/ [beˈse.rʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: be‧ce‧rro

Noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)

  1. calf (young cow or bull)
    Synonyms: cuxo, pucho, xato, xovenco, vitela
  2. calfskin

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “becerro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bezerro (“calf”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Basque or Iberian *ibicirru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.ro] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /beˈsero/ [beˈse.ro] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: be‧ce‧rro

Noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)

  1. calf, young cow, bull calf
    Synonym: ternero
  2. calfskin

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Oluta Popoluca: pise̱ru
  • → San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chelu
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: bheseer
  • → Tagalog: bisiro
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pesiero
  • → Yosondúa Mixtec: chelu

See also

Further reading

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