fervenza

Galician

fervenza (Ézaro, Galicia)

Etymology

From Latin ferventia (“boiling”), or ferver +‎ -enza. It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈβɛnθa̝/, (western) /feɾˈβɛnsa̝/

Noun

fervenza f (plural fervenzas)

1. waterfall

   Synonyms: cachón, cadoiro, cenza, freixa

Derived terms

• Fervenza

References

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