balorento

Galician

Alternative forms

• barolento

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese balorento (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; attested as nickname, Balurentus, in a 12^th Latin local document). From balor (“mould”) +‎ -ento. Cognate with Portuguese bolorento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baloˈɾentʊ], [baloˈɾɛntʊ]

Adjective

balorento (feminine balorenta, masculine plural balorentos, feminine plural balorentas)

1. mouldy

References

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