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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese aguillar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Latin aculeus (“sting”). Cognate with Portuguese aguilhar and Spanish aguijar.
Pronunciation
Verb
aguillar (first-person singular present aguillo, first-person singular preterite aguillei, past participle aguillado)
- to goad; to spur
- Synonyms: aguilloar, tanguer
- to spur; to charge
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 352:
Sabede que por nẽgũa maneyra nõ lles podiamos escapar nẽ fogir, que tãto aguillarõ que nos alcãçarõ moyto agiña- You should know that in no way were we able to run away or flee from them, because so they spurred that reached us in no time
- Synonyms: aguilloar, esporear
- to incite
- Synonyms: aguilloar, atouzar, esporear
Conjugation
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aguillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aguill”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aguillar”, 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), “aguillar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aguillar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN