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sarillo

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Galician

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sarillo

Etymology

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From Latin *sericulum, from Latin sera (bar). Cognate with Portuguese sarilho.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sarillo m (plural sarillos)

  1. reel
  2. a similarly formed frame used for hanging and curing sausages
  3. spool (cylinder around which a cable is wound)
  4. winch
  5. (figurative) restless person
  6. (figurative) uproar

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cerrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos