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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”), from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation
Noun
bestra f (plural bestras)
- ham (back of the thigh)
Derived terms
References
- “bestra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.