Noun: gorgoiro
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | gorgoiro |
| Plural m | gorgoiros |
Sample Sentences
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Et tendeu o arco o mays fortement que podo, et seytouo moy bẽ, et tiroulle do arco, et deulle perla garganta, et pasoulle a loriga, et talloulle os gorgoyros, et dou cõ el do caualo morto en terra, en meo da batalla (He extended the bow as strongly as he could, and he aimed very ably and shoot; and he hit near his throat, and the shot pierced his mail and cut his windpipe and knocked him down from his horse, dead, in the middle of the battle) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 506:]
Nouns inflected like gorgoiro
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
14th century. From Vulgar Latin *gurgurium (“windpipe”), from Latin gurges. See: Latin Nouns '
gurges'.
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