becerro

Galician

Becerro or xato

Alternative forms

• bezerro (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Debated. From Old Galician-Portuguese bezerro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin becerrus, ultimately perhaps from a substrate language and related to, or from, Latin ibex. Cognate with Portuguese bezerro and Spanish becerro.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.rʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.rʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /beˈsero/ [beˈse.rʊ]

• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: be‧ce‧rro

Noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

   Synonyms: cuxo, pucho, xato, xovenco, vitela

2. calfskin

Related terms

• abecerrar
• becerra
• Becerra
• Becerreira
• becerreiro
• becerro marriño
• rebezo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bezerro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bezerro/a” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “becerro”, 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), “becerro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “becerro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bezerro (“calf”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Basque or Iberian *ibicirru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /beˈsero/ [beˈse.ro]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: be‧ce‧rro

Noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)

1. calf, young cow, bull calf

   Synonym: ternero

2. calfskin

Derived terms

• becerrada
• becerrista
• becerro de oro
• enamorarse como un becerro
• libro de becerro
• pie de becerro

 

Descendants

• → Oluta Popoluca: pise̱ru
• → San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chelu
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: bheseer
• → Tagalog: bisiro
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pesiero
• → Yosondúa Mixtec: chelu

See also

• toro m
• vaca f
• vacuno m

Further reading

• “becerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014