aguillón

Galician

Cape Ortegal and the Aguillóns

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aguillon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin aculeō , from aculeus (“sting”). Compare Portuguese aguilhão, Spanish aguijón, French aiguillon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡiˈʎoŋ/

Noun

aguillón m (plural aguillóns)

1. sting

   Synonyms: ferrete, lerna, pipal, asparón, garfelo, alferrón

2. goad

   Synonyms: aguillada, guillada, ferrollo, abelaira

3. rock, islet

   Synonyms: farallón, eche, ulló, ínsua

Derived terms

• aguilloar
• Aguillón

Related terms

• agulla
• aguillada
• aguillar

References

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