estripeiro

Galician

Estripeiro

Etymology

From Latin stirps (“rootstock”) + -eiro, suffix which forms the name of many trees. Cognate with Portuguese estrepeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estɾiˈpejɾo/ [es̺.t̪ɾiˈpej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: es‧tri‧pei‧ro

Noun

estripeiro m (plural estripeiros)

1. may; hawthorn (shrub of the genus Crataegus used for grafting)

   Synonyms: estripo, pereira brava

Related terms

• Estripeiral
• Estripeiro

Related terms

• esterpa

See also

• estripeiro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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