romaría

See also: romaria

Galician

FWOTD – 8 January 2018

Alternative forms

• romaria (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese romaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): Roma (“Rome”) +‎ -aría. Compare Portuguese romaria and Spanish romería.

A romaría near Santiago (1860), by Dionisio Fierros

Romaría at the Catholic sanctuary of Virxe da Barca, Muxía

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [romaˈɾiɐ]

Noun

romaría f (plural romarías)

1. (Roman Catholicism) pilgrimage
   • 1292, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, Vida e Fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 49:

     Mando que den do meu a Pero Pérez, meu fillo, por quanto uay a Santiago por min en romaría

     I order that they give of what is mine to Pero Pérez, my son, because he is going in pilgrimage to Santiago in my name

2. an outdoor festival and fair; kirmess
   • 1858, Antonio María de la Iglesia, Poesías:

     Heite de levar ás fías / Heite de levar ás feiras / E tamén ás romarías, / Onde ti, meu rulo, queiras / Ruar e tere bos días.

     I'll take you to the [festive] reunions [for working the flax], I'll take you to the street markets, and also to the [church] fairs; wherever you, my dove, would want to go and have fun

3. (figurative) crowd

References

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