agoiro

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese agoiro, from Vulgar Latin *agurium, from Latin augurium. Cognate with Portuguese agoiro and Spanish agüero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɣojɾo̝/

Noun

agoiro m (plural agoiros)

  1. omen, presage
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 247:
      ¿Jdes catar agoyro hu nõ jaz senõ mẽtira?
      Are you going to search for an omen where there is nothing but lies?
  2. jinx (person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Derived terms

References

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

Old Portuguese

Noun

agoiro m

  1. Alternative form of agoyro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese agoiro, agoyro, from Vulgar Latin *agurium, from Latin augurium. Cognate with Galician agoiro and Spanish agüero.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈɣoj.ɾu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈɡoj.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧goi‧ro

Noun

agoiro m (plural agoiros)

  1. omen, prophecy

Usage notes

Often used in the context of predicting bad events.

Derived terms

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