cerello

Galician

Etymology

From old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese zarello (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), perhaps from a diminutive of Latin lacer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeˈɾeʎo̝/

Noun

cerello m (plural cerellos)

  1. rag, tatter
    Synonyms: farrapo, ciringallo

Derived terms

  • cerellada
  • encerellar

References

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