barbeito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vervactum (“fallow ground”), from vervagō (“to plough or break fallow land”), of unknown origin.

Cognate with Portuguese barbeito and Spanish barbecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈβejto̝/

Noun

barbeito m (plural barbeitos)

1. fallow
2. farmland

Derived terms

• Barbeita
• Barbeitas
• Barbeito
• Barbeitos

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barueyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barbeito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Noun

barbeito m (plural barbeitos)

1. (agriculture) fallow (tilling of land without sowing it)