esteo

Galician

Galician hórreos ("granaries"), raised over esteos

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese esteo, from Latin stilus. Cognate with Portuguese esteio and Old Spanish estelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈte.o̝/

Noun

esteo m (plural esteos)

1. prop, stay

   Synonyms: arxón, escora, rodriga

2. pillar, column
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica Troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 232:

     Et sabede que as feyturas do sobrado que erã de ouro fino et os esteos de tódoslos paaços erã de cristal

   Synonyms: pé, piar

3. stake

   Synonym: estaca

Derived terms

• estear

Etymology 2

From proto-Galician *esteno, ultimately from Latin extenuō. Compare Asturian estenar

Alternative forms

• estiño

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteʊ̯/

Adjective

esteo (feminine estea, masculine plural esteos, feminine plural esteas)

1. clear (free of clouds)

Noun

esteo m (plural esteos)

1. dry and clear weather in between showers

   Synonyms: aberta, escampada, esteada

Related terms

• esteada
• estear

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esteo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “esteo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin stilus, or either from Old French estai, from Proto-Germanic *stagą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈte.o/

Noun

esteo m

1. pillar, column
2. support, prop
3. stake

Descendants

• Galician: esteo
• Portuguese: esteio

References

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