costro

Galician

Alternative forms

• costre, cuestro, quiostro

Etymology

From *coostro, from Latin colostrum. Cognate with Portuguese crosto and Spanish calostro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkostɾo̝/

Noun

costro m (plural costros)

1. colostrum

   Synonyms: leite costro, formigo

2. (rare) toad

   Synonym: sapo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costro”, 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), “costro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN