paranho

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin paramus.[1] Cognate with Spanish páramo.

Noun

paranho m (plural paranhos)

  1. house in ruins
  2. land with privileges

Descendants

  • Galician: paraño
  • Portuguese: paranho

References

  1. ^ Clements, J. Clancy (2009) “The General Socio-Historical Context of Portuguese and Castilian [2 - The general socio-historical context of Portuguese and Castilian]”, in The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact), Cambridge University Press, published 2009, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese paranho.[1] Cognate with Galician paraño, Spanish páramo and English paramo.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nho

Noun

paranho m (plural paranhos)

  1. land with privileges
  2. (Azores, Brazil) spider's web

References

  1. ^ Clements, J. Clancy (2009) “The General Socio-Historical Context of Portuguese and Castilian [2 - The general socio-historical context of Portuguese and Castilian]”, in The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact), Cambridge University Press, published 2009, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30