fervenza

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ferventia (boiling), or ferver +‎ -enza. It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /feɾˈbɛnθa/ [feɾˈβ̞ɛn̪.θɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /feɾˈbɛnsa/ [feɾˈβ̞ɛn.sɐ]

 
  • Rhymes: -ɛnθa
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsa

  • Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧za

Noun

fervenza f (plural fervenzas)

  1. waterfall
    Synonyms: cachón, cadoiro, cenza, freixa

Derived terms

  • Fervenza

References

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