banzo

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Galician

Alternative forms

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

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbanθo/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈbanso/

 

Noun

banzo m (plural banzos)

  1. crossbar
  2. step of a ladder
  3. rail of a ladder, of a bed, of a stretcher, etc.
  4. handrail
  5. (nautical) board of the hull of a ship
    Synonym: bordo
  6. slab

Derived terms

  • banza (headboard, bench back)
  • banzado (millpond, dam)
  • banzón (step of a ladder)

References

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

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)

  1. 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 ...
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    • 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 ...
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Adjective

banzo (feminine banza, masculine plural banzos, feminine plural banzas)

  1. (Brazil) sad, thoughtful

Etymology 2

Noun

banzo m (plural banzos)

  1. flange; rung (of a ladder etc)