mar de fondo
Galician
Etymology
From mar (“sea”) + de (“of”) + fondo (“bottom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɾ ðe ˈfondʊ]
Noun
- ocean swell
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mar”, 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), “mar de fondo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mar de fondo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Noun
- ocean swell
- (idiomatic) troubled waters
Further reading
- “mar de fondo”, 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