corgo

Galician
Río do Corgo, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

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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