zorza

Unknown. Cognate with Northeastern Portuguese sorça.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔɾθa̝/, (western) /ˈsɔɾsa̝/

zorza f (plural zorzas)

1. (cooking) marinade made of paprika, salt, garlic and, optionally, other herbs and wine
2. (cooking) paprika marinated chopped pork, used for the preparation of chourizos

   Synonym: amoado

3. (cooking) paprika marinated chopped pork, fried

   Hoxe temos zorza con patacas

   Today we have fried paprika marinated pork with fries / chips.

• enzorzar

• “zorza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “zorza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zorza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Proto-Slavic *zorja

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.ʐa/

zorza f

1. aurora (atmospheric phenomenon)

   zorza polarna – aurora borealis

2. dawn, daybreak
3. (obsolete) morning star (the planet Venus on the horizon at dawn)

• (morning star): Gwiazda Poranna, Jutrzenka

• zorza in Polish dictionaries at PWN