azorrego

Galician

Etymology

Obscure; perhaps from Arabic, or either from Mozarabic, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiata. Cognate with Portuguese azorrague, Catalan xurriaques, and Spanish zurriaga.

Noun

azorrego m (plural azorregos)

1. (dated) whip used to goad or direct animals

   Synonyms: látigo, chicote

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 69:

     Et pasando porllos ditos, hu ha gran roido et gran soon se se o Cauallo espantar no no deuen ferir con açorregos, nen con vara, nen con espora, mais deuen no trager mansamente, con hũa cana afaagandoo et lleuandoo porllos ditos llugares a miude

     And passing by the mentioned places, where there is big noise and big sound, if the horse frightens, they should not wound him with whips nor with a stick, nor with spoor, rather they should bring him meekly, fondling him with a twig and taking him through this places often

Related terms

• zorrega
• zorregar

References

• “açorrego” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “azorrego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.