alto mar

See also: alto-mar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alto mar (13th century, Martin Codax): alto (“high, deep”) and mar (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalto ˈmaɾ]

Noun

alto mar m (plural altos mares)

1. (nautical) high sea

   Synonym: mar aberto

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 250:

     Desý ouueron moy bon uẽto, cõ que entrarõ a alto mar, Et espedírõsse de todos seus amjgos et de todos seus parẽtes.

     Thenceforth they had very good wind, with which they entered the high sea, and they said goodbye to all of their friends and family

References

• “mar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “alto mar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “alto mar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.