pontón
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pontón
Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pontō, pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). Cognate with Portuguese pontão.
Pronunciation
Noun
pontón m (plural pontóns)
- a small bridge
- joist
- 1457, Antonio Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 115:
- deuedes rreparar a dita meatade de casas de paredes, traues, pontõos, táboas, ferro e tella e das outras cousas que ouuer menester
- you should repair this half of the house, its walls, beams, joists, boards, iron and tiles, and all the other things that were necessary
- rafter
- Synonym: cango
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pontoos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pontõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ponton”, 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), “pontón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pontón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “pontón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pontón m (plural pontones)
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Further reading
- “pontón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014