louro

Galician

Alternative forms

• loiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese louro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlowɾo̝/

Adjective

louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)

1. dark blonde; blonde; golden
2. black; dark brown; dark purple

   Synonyms: negro, preto

   • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:

     Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
     mais louro do que é o carbon
     hay procesos, e un tinteiro
     feito de corno de boy.

     Over the cloth of a table,
     blacker than coal,
     there are lawsuits and an inkwell
     made with ox horn

Noun

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

1. laurel tree

   Synonym: loureiro

   • 1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:

     Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro

     For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil

2. blonde person
3. boulder, craig

Derived terms

• Louredo
• loureiro
• Lourido

See also

• rubio

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• loiro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾo/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlow.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -owɾu
• Hyphenation: lou‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

Noun

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

1. blond (fair haired person)

   Synonyms: (Santa Catarina, Brazil, slang) alemão, (Northeast, Brazil, slang) galego, (Paraná, Brazil, slang) polaco

   Coordinate terms: moreno, ruivo

2. blond (pale golden brown colour)

   Synonym: fulvo

3. laurel (plant)

   Synonyms: lauro, loureiro

4. laurel leaf, used as food

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

Adjective

louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)

1. blonde (having blonde hair)
2. blonde (blonde coloured)

   Synonyms: fúlvido, fulvo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

Related terms

• alourar
• láurea
• laurear
• laurel
• lauréola
• laurífero
• laurígero
• lauro
• louraça
• lourecer
• loureiral
• loureiro
• lourejar

 

Etymology 2

Possibly Malay luri.

Noun

louro m (plural louros)

1. parrot

   Synonym: papagaio

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.