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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1409. Learned borrowing from Latin scrōfula (“little sow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
escrófula f (plural escrófulas)
- (pathology) scrofula (a form tuberculosis)
- Synonyms: alporca, carbunco, lamparón
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 157:aas vezes nace con algũas sobegdũes de carne ou de landoas que se geeran ontre o coiro e a carne, e son chamadas landoas o scrofulas, que dizen porcas- sometimes it grows with some excess of flesh or of glands that are generated in between the skin and the flesh, and they are called glands or scrofulas, which they call porcas
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escrófula”, 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), “escrófula”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escrófula”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin scrōfula.
Pronunciation
Noun
escrófula f (plural escrófulas)
- (pathology) scrofula (a form tuberculosis)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɾofula/
- Rhymes: -ofula
- Syllabification: es‧cró‧fu‧la
Noun
escrófula f (plural escrófulas)
- scrofula
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