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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fogueira, fogueyra, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *focāria, from focārius (“of a hearth”), from Latin focus (“(controlled) fire”). Compare Portuguese fogueira and Spanish hoguera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /foˈɡejɾa/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /foˈħejɾa/
- Rhymes: -ejɾa
- Hyphenation: fo‧guei‧ra
Noun
fogueira f (plural fogueiras)
- bonfire
- Synonyms: cacheira, cachela, cacharela, lumarada
- school (group of fish)
- Synonym: cardume
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fogueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fogueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fogueira”, 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), “fogueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fogueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese fogueira, fogueyra, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *focāria, from focārius ("of a hearth"), from Latin focus (“(controlled) fire”). Compare Spanish hoguera.
Pronunciation
Noun
fogueira f (plural fogueiras)
- blaze
- bonfire
- stake (post one is bound to for execution, usually by burning)