cinzarra

Galician

A peliqueiro (a Galician carnivalesque character) wearing chocas or cinzarras ("cowbells").

Alternative forms

• cinçarra (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; compare Portuguese cincerro, Spanish cencerro and Basque zintzarri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θinˈθarɐ]

Noun

cinzarra m (plural cinzarras)

1. cowbell

   Synonym: choca

Related terms

• cinzarrada
• cinzarreta
• cinzarro

References

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