brío

See also: brio and brio-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese brio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Perhaps borrowed from Spanish brío, or directly from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“strength”), cognate with Welsh bri and Old Irish bríg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾio̝/

Noun

brío m (plural bríos)

1. vigour, strength, thrust
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 674:

     Et cõ grã brio deu hũa espadada ẽno olmo que estaua ante a jgleia de Sam Johan de Burgos

     With great strength he struck with the sword in an elm that was before the church of Saint John in Burgos

2. (dated) bravery, dignity, arrogance

Derived terms

• brioso

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “brio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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Spanish

Etymology

Old Occitan briu (“wild”), from Gaulish brīgos (“strength”), from Proto-Celtic *brigos, *brigā (“might, power”). Doublet of fuerte, breña, and burgo.

Noun

brío m (plural bríos)

1. vigour, mettle, zest, zeal

Descendants

• → Italian: brio