corgo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as corrego, from local Vulgar Latin (documented by Pliny the Elder as corrugus), from a local Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese córrego and Spanish cuérrago.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔɾɣʊ]

Noun

corgo m (plural corgos)

  1. ravine; brook
  2. a small dam or pool

Derived terms
  • Corga
  • Corgo
  • Corgos
  • Córrego
  • O Corgo

References
  • “corgo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “corgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “corgo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “corgo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ.ɡu/ [ˈkoɦ.ɡu]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ.ɡu/ [ˈkoɾ.ɣu]

  • Hyphenation: cor‧go

Noun

corgo m (plural corgos)

  1. Alternative form of córrego

Derived terms
  • Corgo
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