áncora

See also: ancora, àncora, âncora, ancorà, and ancoră

Galician

áncora ("anchor")

Alternative forms

• angla

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ancora (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ancora, a probable borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Cognate with Portuguese âncora, Spanish ancla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋko̝ɾa̝/

Noun

áncora f (plural áncoras)

1. (nautical) anchor
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:

     con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo

     with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their windlasses, and a hawser made of hemp

Related terms

• ancoradoiro
• ancorar
• ancoraxe

 

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ancora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “áncora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈankoɾa/ [ˈãŋ.ko.ɾa]

Noun

áncora f (plural áncoras)

1. (nautical) anchor

   Synonym: ancla

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el áncora, un áncora

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

• ancorar

Further reading

• “áncora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014