xugo

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word xugo. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word xugo, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say xugo in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word xugo you have here. The definition of the word xugo will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofxugo, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Galician

Galician xugos ("yokes")
A parir of Galician xugos de molida ("head yokes")

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (jugo). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin jugum, iugum. Compare Portuguese jugo, Spanish yugo.

Pronunciation

Noun

xugo m (plural xugos)

  1. yoke
    Synonym: canga
  2. chain or strap that connects both parts of a flail
    Synonyms: cedoiro, entrecarto, inzadoiro, loro, pealla

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

References

  • jugo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • jugo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • xugo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • xugo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • xugo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sūcus. For the development of the initial consonant, compare xeringa and xabon.

Noun

xugo m (plural xugos)

  1. juice
    • c. 1223, anonymous author, Semejanza del mundo:
      e dizen a otra piedra malanites, este nonbre por que quando la quebrantan salle della vn xugo dulçe como mjel
      and there is another stone named malanites, thus called because when it is broken, some juice, sweet like honey, comes out of it

Descendants

  • Spanish: jugo

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin jocus, iocus. Compare Italian gioco.

Noun

xugo m (plural xughi)

  1. game

Related terms