berro
See also: berrò
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛro/ [ˈbɛ.rʊ]
- Rhymes: -ɛro
- Hyphenation: be‧rro
Etymology 1
Back-formation from berrar (“to yell”).
Noun
berro m (plural berros)
Derived terms
- Berro Seco
Verb
berro
- first-person singular present indicative of berrar
Etymology 2
From Paleo-Hispanic,[1] from Proto-Celtic *beruro- (“watercress”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Asturian berriu, Breton beler and Gaulish berula.[2][3]
Noun
berro m (plural berros)
- cress, watercress
- Synonyms: agrón, brizo
Derived terms
- berro femia
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “berro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “berro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ 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[1], Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 83 – via De Gruyter.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁo/ [ˈbɛ.ho]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʁu/
- Rhymes: -ɛʁu
- Hyphenation: ber‧ro
Etymology 1
Deverbal from berrar (“to yell”).
Noun
berro m (plural berros)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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”). Cognate with Asturian berriu, Galician berro and Breton beler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbero/ [ˈbe.ro]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: be‧rro
Noun
berro m (plural berros)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “berro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024