grelo

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin gryllus (“cricket, grasshopper”), although the semantic evolution from insect to shoot is not trivial.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾelo̝/
• (eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾilo̝/

Noun

grelo m (plural grelos)

1. shoot, sprout.
2. (cooking, in the plural) pre-flowering Brassica rapa (turnip) greens, usually consumed in caldo or as a side dish.
   • 1976, Maruxa Barrio Val, Textos pra o ensino do galego. A Coruña: Ed. do Rueiro. →ISBN:

     A trinidade do galego: nabo, nabiza e grelo

     The trinity of the Galicians: turnip, turnip greens and grelos

References

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

Further reading

• grelo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

Etymology

Borrowed from French grêle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.lo/

Noun

grelo (plural greli)

1. (weather) hail, hail storm

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician grelo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.lu/
• Hyphenation: gre‧lo

Noun

grelo m (plural grelos)

1. sprout (new growth on a plant)
2. (cooking, in the plural) turnip greens
3. (vulgar, slang) clitoris, clit or clitty

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician grelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾe.lo/
• Hyphenation: gre‧lo

Noun

grelo m (plural grelos)

1. turnip greens