berro

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See also: berrò

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: be‧rro

Etymology 1

Back-formation from berrar (“to yell”).

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. shout or roar
    Synonyms: berrido, grito
    —Como te chaman, roxiña? —Cando estou lonxe, a berros.
    —How do they call you, little redhead? —When I am far away, by shouting.
  2. voice of an animal
    Synonyms: bramido, bruído, frémito
Derived terms

Verb

berro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of berrar

Etymology 2

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *beruro- (“watercress”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Breton beler and Gaulish berula.

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. cress, watercress
    Synonyms: agrón, brizo
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “berro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 62-63.
  3. ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 83 – via De Gruyter.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɛʁu
  • Hyphenation: ber‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from berrar (“to yell”).

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. shout
  2. roar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

berro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of berrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbero/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: be‧rro

Noun

berro m (plural berros)

  1. cress
  2. watercress

Derived terms

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