cortizo

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Galician

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cortizos ("beehives)"

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Attested since the 14th century (cortiço). From cortiza (bark), from Latin cortex.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koɾˈtiθʊ], (western) [koɾˈtisʊ]

Noun

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cortizo m (plural cortizos)

  1. beehive made with a section of cork
    Synonyms: colmea, covo, trobo
    • 1342, E. Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 415:
      mando os cortiços e as outras coussas mobiles todas a Pero eanes meu marido
      I bequeath the beehives and all the other movable property to Pedro Yanes, my husband
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      Vinte cinco ducias D'obos
      eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan
      conque fazer os Formigos,
      e de mel vnha caldeyra,
      que os meus cobos e cortizos
      teñen moy boas entenas;
      porque sairon ogano
      moytos enjames d'abellas.
      Twenty-five dozens of eggs
      I offer her, so that they have the necessary
      to cook the formigos;
      and of honey a pot,
      because my skeps and hives
      have very good honeycombs,
      because this year
      many swarms of bees went out
  2. cork oak (Quercus suber)
    Synonym: sobreira
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