rodaballo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1417. From Proto-Celtic *rotos (wheel) + *ballos ("wheel-sack").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roðaˈβaʎo̝/

Noun

rodaballo m (plural rodaballos)

  1. turbot
    • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
      Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra
      Item, the pound of turbots and of groupers, six diñeiros each pound

References

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

Spanish

Noun

rodaballo m (plural rodaballos)

  1. turbot

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