curuxo

Galician

Curuxo ("brill")

Alternative forms

• caruxo, coruxo, cruxo

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language: compare curuxa (“barn owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾuʃo/ [kuˈɾu.ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -uʃo
• Hyphenation: cu‧ru‧xo

Noun

curuxo m (plural curuxos)

1. brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)

   Synonym: sollo

Related terms

• curuxa

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “curug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curuxo”, 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), “curuxo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curuxo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN