esporón

Galician

Alternative forms

• esporom, esporão (reintegrationist)
• asperón, esperón

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”). Probably borrowed from Old French esperon. Documented in local Latin documents, as asperon, at least since 1128. Cognate of Italian sprone, Spanish espolón, French éperon, Occitan esporon.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /espoˈɾoŋ/

Noun

esporón m (plural esporóns)

1. prod, spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
2. prop
3. (nautical) ram, cutwater
4. (landform) spur
5. whetstone
6. dorsal fin

Synonyms

• espora

Derived terms

• Asperón
• esporear (“to spur”)
• esporada (“kick of the spur”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esporoada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “spero”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esporon”, 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), “esporón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esporón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “esporón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024