esporón

Galician

Alternative forms

• asperón, esperón

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”), probably borrowed from Old French esperon; documented in local Latin documents, as asperon, at least since 1128. Cognate of Italian sprone, Spanish espolón, French éperon, Occitan esporon.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /espoˈɾoŋ/

Noun

esporón m (plural esporóns)

1. prod, spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)
2. prop
3. (nautical) ram, cutwater
4. (landform) spur
5. whetstone
6. dorsal fin

Synonyms

• espora

Derived terms

• Asperón
• esporear (“to spur”)
• esporada (“kick of the spur”)

References

• “esporoada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “spero” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esporon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esporón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “esporón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.