cántaro

See also: cantaro and cântaro

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Latin cantharus (“cantharus”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos, “cantharus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta̝ɾo̝/

Noun

cántaro m (plural cántaros)

1. earthenware jug, jar or pitcher
2. amphora

Derived terms

• cántara

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantharus (“cantharus”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

Noun

cántaro m (plural cántaros)

1. jug, jar
2. amphora

Derived terms

• llover a cántaros
• tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe

 

Further reading

• “cántaro”, 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