cebro

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ezebro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus (“fool, wild ass, donkey”), from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) and ferus (“wild”). Cognate with Portuguese zebro.

Modern toponyms as Cebreiro are attested as Cebrario, Zebrario, Ecebrario and Ezebrario in local High Middle Ages Latin documents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeβɾo̝/

Noun

cebro m (plural cebros)

1. (archaic) an extinct wild horse or ass

Derived terms

• Cebral
• Cebreiro

Etymology 2

From Latin acerbus, probably influenced by the previous etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeβɾo̝/

Noun

cebro m (uncountable)

1. characteristic taste and smell of game and wild animals

   Synonym: bravún

References

• “ezebro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “zebr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cebro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• Nores, Carlos, Morales Muñiz, Arturo, Llorente Rodríguez, Laura, Bennett, E. Andrew, Geigl, Eva-María (2015 June) “The Iberian zebro: what kind of a beast was it?”, in Anthropozoologica, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, retrieved 20 February 2018, pages 21–32