sarillo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin *sericulum, from Latin sera (bar). Cognate with Portuguese sarilho.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈɾiʎo̝/

Noun

sarillo m (plural sarillos)

  1. reel
  2. a similarly formed frame used for hanging and curing sausages
  3. spool (cylinder around which a cable is wound)
  4. winch
  5. (figurative) restless person
  6. (figurative) uproar

References

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