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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin praecōnem. Cognate with Portuguese pregão and Spanish pregón.
Pronunciation
Noun
pregón m (plural pregóns)
- proclamation; public announcement
- auction
- 1399, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 268:
- logo apregôôu Fernan de Carnota, pregoeyro da dita villa de Muro, o qual Fernan de Carnota pregoou altas vozes em publica plaça as ditas herdades; et logo Aluaro Ledo disso que daua por llas ditas herdades de todo o dito alfoz que perteeçia ao dito Pero Eanes tres mill et seysçentos morauedis de moeda vella; asy andaron a pregon et leylla, et non vêêo quen mays pojasse nas ditas herdades
- then it was announced by Fernán de Carnota, town crier of said town of Muros, who announced in high voices in public space said properties; and then Álvaro Ledo said that he bid for all the properties belonging to said Pero Eanes in the town district three thousand and six hundred maravedis of old coinage; and so they were in auction and public sale, and nobody came to bid more for these properties
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pregon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pregon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pregón”, 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), “pregón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pregón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin praecōnem. Compare Portuguese pregão.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pre‧gón
Noun
pregón m (plural pregones)
- proclamation
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pre‧gón
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