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Galician
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from cinis (“cold ashes”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cernada f (plural cernadas)
- lye
- Synonyms: bogada, decoada, lixivia
- laundry
- Synonym: bogada
- cold ash
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cernada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cernada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “cernada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cernada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”). Cognate with Galician cernada, Galician cenrada, Portuguese cenrada, Italian cenerata
Pronunciation
Noun
cernada f (plural cernadas)
- (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) an alkaline solution (often made with lye or lime) in which maize grains have been cooked during nixtamalization; remaining liquid after nixtamalization
- (rare) insoluble ash residue that remains after lye has been used for washing clothes
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