congro
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congro ("conger") 
Conger eel statue, Bouzas, Vigo
Galician
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese congro (first attested in the 13th century), from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧gro
Noun
congro m (plural congros)
- conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “congro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “congro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “congro”, 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), “congro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “congro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
First attested in the 13th century, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).
Noun
congro m
- conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González, editor, Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
- Iten a libra das pescadas frescas et dos congros a seis dineiros cada libra.
- "Item, the pound of fresh hakes and of conger, six coins each pound."
Descendants
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “congro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “congro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧gro
Noun
congro m (plural congros)
- conger; conger eel (any of the large marine eels of the genus Conger)