botafumeiro
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Botafumeiro 
Botafumeiro, Santiago de Compostela
Galician
Etymology
From botar (“to throw”) + fume (“smoke”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
botafumeiro m (plural botafumeiros)
- thurible, censer
- Synonyms: incensario, turíbulo
See also
botafumeiro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “botafumeiro”, 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), “botafumeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “botafumeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician botafumeiro.
Noun
botafumeiro m (plural botafumeiros)
- the thurible in Santiago de Compostela cathedral
Further reading
- “botafumeiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28