agoiro

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈɣojɾo̝]

Noun

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

• agoirar
• agoireiro
• agoirento

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “agoiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “agoyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agoiro”, 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), “agoiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agoiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• agüiro
• agoyro, aguyro (spelling variants)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡojɾo/, /aˈɡujɾo/
• Rhymes: -ojɾo

Noun

agoiro m (plural agoiros)

1. omen, augury

Descendants

• Galician: agoiro
• Portuguese: agoiro, agouro

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "agoiro ~ agüiro"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡoj.ɾu/ [ɐˈɣoj.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: a‧goi‧ro

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• agouro

Noun

agoiro m (plural agoiros)

1. omen, prophecy

Usage notes

• Often used in the context of predicting bad events.

Derived terms

• agoiral
• agoirar
• agoireiro
• agoirentar
• agoirento

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

agoiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of agoirar