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Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -era
- Hyphenation: be‧ce‧rra
Etymology 1
From becerro.
Noun
becerra f (plural becerras, masculine becerro, masculine plural becerros)
- heifer (young cow)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Noun
becerra f (plural becerras)
- uncooked unleavened dough inside a piece of bread
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bezerra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “bezerro/a” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “becerra”, 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), “becerra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “becerra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /beˈθera/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /beˈsera/
- Rhymes: -era
- Syllabification: be‧ce‧rra
Noun
becerra f (plural becerras)
- heifer
- weasel's snout (Misopates orontium)
Further reading