mazarico

Galician

A mazarico (Numenius phaeopus)

Etymology

Unknown. From the medieval form maracico, already attested circa 1133 as maraticum in local Medieval Latin. Cognate of Portuguese maçarico.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maθaˈɾiko/ [ma.θaˈɾi.kʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /maθaˈɾiko/ [ma.θaˈɾi.kʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /masaˈɾiko/ [ma.saˈɾi.kʊ]

• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: ma‧za‧ri‧co

Noun

mazarico m (plural mazaricos)

1. curlew (Numenius arquata)

   Synonym: zarapico

2. woodpecker

   Synonyms: peto, picapau, carpinteiro

Related terms

• Mazaricos

 

References

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