congro

Galician

congro ("conger")

Conger eel statue, Bouzas, Vigo

Alternative forms

• congrio, crongo, cóngaro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese congro (first attested in the 13th century), from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoŋɡɾo/ [ˈkoŋ.ɡɾʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈkoŋɡɾo/ [ˈkoŋ.ɡɾʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈkoŋħɾo/ [ˈkoŋ.ħɾʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -oŋɡɾo

• Rhymes: -oŋɡɾo
• Rhymes: -oŋħɾo

• Hyphenation: con‧gro

Noun

congro m (plural congros)

1. conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “congro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “congro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “congro”, 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), “congro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “congro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡro]

Noun

congrō

1. dative/ablative singular of conger

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).

Noun

congro m (plural congros)

1. conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González, editor, Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra das pescadas frescas et dos congros a seis dineiros cada libra.

     "Item, the pound of fresh hakes and of conger, six coins each pound."

Descendants

• Galician: congro
• Portuguese: congro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “congro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “congro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• côngaro (Trás-os-Montes)
• crongo (Açores, Madeira)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ɡɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ɡɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ɡɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ɡɾu/

• Hyphenation: con‧gro

Noun

congro m (plural congros)

1. conger; conger eel (any of the large marine eels of the genus Conger)

Further reading

• “congro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “congro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026