Noun: áncora
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | áncora |
| Plural f | áncoras |
Sample Sentences
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con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo (with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their windlasses, and a hawser made of hemp) [1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53]
Nouns inflected like áncora
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ancora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ancora, a probable borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Cognate with Portuguese âncora, Spanish ancla. See: Latin Nouns '
ancora', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἄγκυρα', Portuguese Nouns '
âncora', Spanish Nouns '
ancla'.
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