aguillón

Galician
Cape Ortegal and the Aguillóns

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese aguillon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin aculeō , from aculeus (“sting”). Compare Portuguese aguilhão, Spanish aguijón, French aiguillon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɡiˈʎoŋ/

Noun

aguillón m (plural aguillóns)

  1. sting
    Synonym: ferrete
  2. goad
    Synonym: aguillada
  3. rock, islet

Derived terms

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