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
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cinzarra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cinzarra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cinzarra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN