maragota
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maragota
Galician
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Etymology
Attested since 1596. Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
maragota m (plural maragotas)
- Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)
- 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
- burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota
- little blackspot sea breams and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maragota”, 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), “maragota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maragota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN