engrueba

Asturian

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).Cognates include Galician groba and English groove

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈɡɾweba/ [eŋˈɡɾwe.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: en‧grue‧ba

Noun

engrueba f (plural engruebes)

1. ravine, defile

   Synonyms: cañada, cabuerca, carcavón, fuécanu, fuérfagu, pilancu

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “engrueba”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “engrueba”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN