irto

See also: irto- and irtó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese yrto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Latin hīrtus (“hairy, shaggy”), or from Vulgar Latin *erctus, from ērectus, perfect participle of ērigō. Cognate with Portuguese hirto, Spanish yerto, Catalan ert and Italian erto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɾto̝/

Adjective

1. stiff
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 667:

     Et, desque o ouuerõ sacado, estaua o corpo tã yrto que se nõ dobraua a nenhũu cabo, et sua carne muy lĩpa et muy colorado, que semellaua viuo

     And, as soon as they took him out, the body was so stiff that it did not bend to any extent, and his flesh was very clean and colorful, to the point that he seemed alive

   Synonym: rixo

2. (of metals) fragile

References

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin hīrtus (“hairy, shaggy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈir.to/, [ˈir̺t̪o]
• Rhymes: -irto
• Hyphenation: ìr‧to

Adjective

1. (of hair) bristly, shaggy, prickly, spiked, bristling

   Synonyms: irsuto, ispido

2. (by extension) steep, rough, bold, difficult

   Synonyms: arduo, aspro, difficile, erto, ritto

Anagrams

• otri, rito, roti, tiro, tirò, tori, trio