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Galician
Etymology
13th century. From cántaro.
Pronunciation
Noun
cántara f (plural cántaras)
- earthenware jug, jar or pitcher
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 341:
Et a chuvia era tã grãde et tã espessa que caya sobre elles que semellaua que cõ cantaras lla lançauã- The rain that was falling over them was so strong and so thick that it seemed as if they were throwing it over them with jugs
- Synonym: cántaro
- a unit of liquid measure equivalent to some 16 l or, historically, to 8 or 16 azumbres
- 1296, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 204:
- j. carrega de uio mole aa dorna de .V. cantaras a carrega τ a cãtara de XVj. açõbres
- 1 load of grape must at the trough, of five cántaras each load, each cántara 16 azumbres
- Synonym: ola
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cantara”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cantara”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cántara”, 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), “cántara”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cántara”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Noun
cántara f (plural cántaras)
- Synonym of cántaro
- a unit of liquid measurement used in Spain, primarily for wine; equal to 16.133 liters or four cuartillas
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