zurreira

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Obscure; either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, if derived from zurro,[1] or onomatopoeic if related to chorro.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

zurreira f (plural zurreiras)

  1. drainage

References

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