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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Latin āfricus (“African”), referring to the origin of the wind.
Pronunciation
Noun
ábrego m (plural ábregos)
- south wind
c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 65:Et jaz esta terra ontre Palestina et Syria ajuntada ahũa parte por seus termynos et aaoutra parte jaz contra mediodia donde vem o vento abrego.- This land lies in between Palestine and Syria, by one side of its limits, and by another lies against the south, from where the south wind blows
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abrego”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ábrego”, 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), “ábrego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ábrego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
ábrego m (plural ábregos)
- Alternative form of ávrego
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin āfricus (“African”), referring to the origin of the wind. Doublet of áfrico.
Pronunciation
Noun
ábrego m (plural ábregos)
- southwest wind
- (obsolete) African
- Synonym: africano
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