estío

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See also: estio

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtio/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: es‧tí‧o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese estio, from Latin [tempus] aestīvum (literally summertime). First attested in the 13th century.

Alternative forms

Noun

estío m (plural estíos)

  1. summer
    Synonym: verán
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 183:
      sal estonçes o estio et entra ho outono
      then the summer leaves and the autumn enters

See also

Seasons in Galician · estacións (layout · text) · category
primavera (spring) estío, verán (summer) outono (autumn) inverno (winter)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estío

  1. first-person singular present indicative of estiar

References

  • estio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • estio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • estío” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • estío” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • estío” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish estivo, from Latin [tempus] aestīvum (literally summertime).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtio/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification: es‧tí‧o

Noun

estío m (plural estíos)

  1. (poetic, literary) summer
    Synonym: verano
    • 1971, Pablo Neruda, “Jardín de invierno”, in La rosa separada:
      [] todo pasó, fue cielo pasajero / la copa del estío, / y se apagó la nube navegante.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

Descendants

  • Sardinian: istiu
  • Sassarese: isthiu

References

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