cavorco

Galician

Alternative forms

  • caborco

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin cavus or either from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-. Cognate with Spanish cahuerco.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈβɔɾko̝/

Noun

cavorco m (plural cavorcos)

  1. ravine
    Synonyms: barreiro, cárcava, corgo, groba, callostro, freita, baiunca, barronca, quenlle

References

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