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Galician
Etymology
Obscure. Perhaps either from Proto-Germanic *bankô (“elevation, bank”) or from *bankiz (“bench”); alternatively from the same etymon that Galician banda (“side, bank”), or from the same Celtic etymon that Irish feige.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
banzo m (plural banzos)
- crossbar
- step of a ladder
- rail of a ladder, of a bed, of a stretcher, etc.
- handrail
- (nautical) board of the hull of a ship
- Synonym: bordo
- slab
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “banzo”, 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), “banzo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “banzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
banzo on Portuguese Wikipedia
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃zu
- Hyphenation: ban‧zo
Etymology 1
Uncertain, possibly of Kimbundu or Kongo origin.
Noun
banzo m (plural banzos)
- deep depression, intense nostalgia
- Synonym: saudade
1997, Dilson Bento de Faria Ferreira Lima, Malungo, decodificação da Umbanda: contribuição à história das religiões, →ISBN:Malungo era o antídoto ao banzo. De banzo morreram muitos dos negros escravizados. Entretanto, só a uma óptica branca é que banzo meramente significa uma espécie de doença psíquica, de tristeza profunda. Na verdade, banzo era e é ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2007, Antonio Risério, A utopia brasileira e os movimentos negros, Editora 34, →ISBN, page 12:Se o regime escravista brasileiro não tivesse sido poderosamente opressivo, cruel e mesmo sádico, escravos não teriam experimentado o banzo, nem praticado suicídio. Gilberto Freyre se sentiu algo constrangido ao tratar do suicídio ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
banzo (feminine banza, masculine plural banzos, feminine plural banzas)
- (Brazil) sad, thoughtful
Etymology 2
Noun
banzo m (plural banzos)
- flange; rung (of a ladder etc)