bácoro

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Galician

Alternative forms

bácaro, bacro

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Probably from a pre-Latin substrate language, whence also Catalan bacó, Old French bacon (and English bacon).^[1] Cognate with Portuguese bácoro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbako̝ɾo̝/

Noun

bácoro m (plural bácoros, feminine bácora, feminine plural bácoras)

piglet, suckling pig
Synonyms: larengo, leitón, rancho, rello
- 1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:
  A Eluira, I moyo de pan do nouo, de qual ouueren, e I bacoro
  To Elvira, one modius of grain of the new harvest, whatever species they happen to have there, and one piglet

Derived terms

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bacor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bácoro”, 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), “bácoro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bácoro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possible origins include^[1]:

Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “Jewish child; piglet”);
Arabic البُكْس (al-buks, “young camel; veal”);
Arabic بُكَيْرَة (bukayra), diminutive of بَكْرُن (bakrun, “bull”);
a Germanic word related to French bacon;
Medieval Latin bacharus.

Cognate with Galician bácoro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ko.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ku.ɾu/

Hyphenation: bá‧co‧ro

Noun

bácoro m (plural bácoros)

piglet, suckling pig
Synonym: leitão

See also

porco

References

^ Antenor Nascentes (1955) “bácoro”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Portuguese language etymological dictionary] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 58, column 1

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