adro

Galician
o adro / "the churchyard"
o atrio / "the portico"
Troña's churchyard, built over an Iron Age hill-fort

Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Latin atrium, whence also the learned atrio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaðɾo̝/

Noun

adro f (plural adros)

  1. churchyard
    • 1383, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 182:
      Item mando enterrar meu corpo, se desta doença finar, en no adro desta Santa Maria
      Item, I command to bury my body, if I die from this disease, in the churchyard of this [church of] Saint Mary

Derived terms
  • Adro

References
  • “adro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “adro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “adro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “adro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “adro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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