colazo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese colaço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin collacteus (“foster brother”). Compare Spanish collazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolaθʊ]

Noun

colazo m (plural colazos, feminine colaza, feminine plural colazas)

1. (rare) foster brother

Derived terms

• Collazo (Castilianized surname, from earlier Colaço)

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “colaço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “colaço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “colazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “colazo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.