brúo
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Galician
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Attested since the 14th century (as bruyo). Back-formation from bruar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brúo m (plural brúos)
- bellow (the deep roar of a bull or any other large animal)
- c1350', K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 23:
- Pero o esforçado Jason nõ sentio aqueles fogos, nẽ os bruyos dos touros que tam fortes erã
- But the courageous Jason didn't felt those fires, nor the bellows of the bulls no matter how strong they were
- Pero o esforçado Jason nõ sentio aqueles fogos, nẽ os bruyos dos touros que tam fortes erã
- c1350', K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 23:
- howl (of the wind)
- courage
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bruy”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “brúo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “brúo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]brúo