sartaña

Galician

Laxe da Sartaña ("Stone of the pan") petroglyph, Porto do Son

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Late Latin sartāgō, sartāginem (“frying pan”). Cognate with Portuguese sertã and Spanish sartén.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾˈtaɲa/

Noun

sartaña f (plural sartañas)

1. frying pan

   Synonyms: panela, tixola

   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:

     Quen quiser que[i]mar a casa sen sentir, vse sartaña e vse candil (proverb)

     He/She who wishes to burn the house without a thought, must use a frying pan and an [oil] lantern

Derived terms

• sartañada

Related terms

• Sartaxes

References

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