balorento

Galician

Alternative forms
  • barolento

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese balorento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; attested as nickname, Balurentus, in a 12th Latin local document). From balor (“mould”) +‎ -ento. Cognate with Portuguese bolorento.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [baloˈɾentʊ], [baloˈɾɛntʊ]

Adjective

balorento (feminine balorenta, masculine plural balorentos, feminine plural balorentas)

  1. mouldy

References
  • “balorento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “balorento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “balorento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “balorento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “balorento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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