agoiro

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese agoiro (13th c.), from Latin augurium. Cognate with Portuguese agoiro and Spanish agüero.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agoiro m (plural agoiros)

  1. omen, presage
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 247:
      ¿Jdes catar agoyro hu nõ jaz senõ mẽtira?
      Are you going to see an omen where there is nothing but lies?
  2. annoying person

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin augurium, with metathesis. Cognate with Old Spanish aguero.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agoiro m

  1. omen, augury

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: agoiro
  • Portuguese: agoiro, agouro

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡoj.ɾu/ [aˈɡoɪ̯.ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡoj.ɾo/ [aˈɡoɪ̯.ɾo]

  • Hyphenation: a‧goi‧ro

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese agoiro, from Latin augurium. Doublet of augúrio, which was borrowed from Latin.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

agoiro m (plural agoiros)

  1. omen, prophecy
Usage notes[edit]
  • Often used in the context of predicting bad events.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

agoiro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of agoirar
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