fervenza

Galician
fervenza (Ézaro, Galicia)

Etymology

From Latin ferventia (“boiling”). It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feɾˈβɛnθa̝/, (western) /feɾˈβɛnsa̝/

Noun

fervenza f (plural fervenzas)

  1. waterfall
    Synonyms: cachón, cadoiro, cenza, freixa

Derived terms
  • Fervenza

References
  • “ferven” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “fervenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “fervenza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “fervenza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. hervir.
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