áncora
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Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
áncora f (plural áncoras)
- (nautical) anchor
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:
- 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
- con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “ancora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ancora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ancora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “áncora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “áncora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ancora. Doublet of ancla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
áncora f (plural áncoras)
Usage notes[edit]
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el áncora, un áncora
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “áncora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ankoɾa
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