fervenza

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Galician

fervenza (Ézaro, Galicia)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ferventia (boiling), or ferver +‎ -enza. It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /feɾˈbɛnθa/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /feɾˈbɛnsa/

 

  • Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧za

Noun

fervenza f (plural fervenzas)

  1. waterfall
    Synonyms: cachón, cadoiro, cenza, freixa

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “hervir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos