corgo

Galician

Río do Corgo, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

Alternative forms

• córrago

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]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.ɡu/ [ˈkoɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.ɡu/ [ˈkoɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: cor‧go

Noun

corgo m (plural corgos)

1. Alternative form of córrego

Derived terms

• Corgo