ábrego

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āfricus (“African”), referring to the origin of the wind.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾeɡo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈabɾeɡo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈabɾeħo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -abɾeɡo

• Rhymes: -abɾeɡo
• Rhymes: -abɾeħo

• Hyphenation: a‧bre‧go

Noun

ábrego m (plural ábregos)

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾe.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾe.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾe.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɨ.ɡu/ [ˈa.βɾɨ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -abɾeɡu, -abɾɨɡu
• Homophone: ávrego (Northern Portuguese)
• Hyphenation: á‧bre‧go

Noun

ábrego m (plural ábregos)

1. Alternative form of ávrego

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ábrigo (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āfricus (“African”), referring to the origin of the wind. Doublet of áfrico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾeɡo/ [ˈa.β̞ɾe.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -abɾeɡo
• Syllabification: á‧bre‧go

Noun

ábrego m (plural ábregos)

1. southwest wind
2. (obsolete) African

   Synonym: africano

Further reading

• “ábrego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10