socairo

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Galician

Etymology

Probably from Catalan socaire.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

socairo m (plural socairos)

  1. lee (a place protected from the wind)
    Synonym: abrigo
    • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea:
      fixo unha casa nova de sótano e de sobrado co outón de pinche pró Norte que refrescara o faiado, solaina pró mediodía por coller sol ó socairo co seu gran patín de pedra e madeiras de castaño
      he built a new house, with ground and upper floor, with the gable facing north for refreshing the attic, sunroom to the south for catching the sun leeward, with its large balcony of stone and chestnut wood

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “socaire”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos