pégaro

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from a non-Celtic substrate language related to Lusitanian: compare Proto-Slavic *pь̀strъ (“variegated”), from Proto-Indo-European *piḱ-ró-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɣɐɾʊ]

Adjective

pégaro (feminine pégara, masculine plural pégaros, feminine plural pégaras)

1. multicolored; variegated

   Synonyms: apigarado, multicolor, pego, pinto

Related terms

• Pígara
• apigarado

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pigar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pégaro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pégaro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pégaro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN