lagar

See also: làgar

Galician

An old lagar, Toén

Etymology

Unknown: from Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese lagar, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus (“lake; vat”). Compare Portuguese lagar and Spanish lagar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɣaɾ/

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which grapes or apples are pressed for the production of wine or cider
2. building or construction which contains this vat
   • 1273, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 387:

     vendemus et outorgamus uno tallo de herdade, o qual esta marcado per marcos ontre a casa de Pedro Perez et o lagar que esta ante o celeyro de Fernan Ares

     We sell and give a patch of land which is delimited by boundary stones in between the house of Pedro Pérez and the wine press before the granary of Fernán Ares

Derived terms

• Lagar
• Lagares

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lagar

1. present of laga

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Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 August 2013

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from lago or from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɐ.ˈɣaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /la.ˈɡaɾ/, /la.ˈɡaɹ/

Noun

lagar m (plural es)

1. a vat in which olives and grapes are pressed
   • 2001, Bíblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional, Biblica, Hosea 9:2:

     Os produtos da eira e do lagar não alimentarão o povo; o vinho novo lhes faltará.

     The products from the threshing floor and from the pressing vat won’t feed the people; they will lack the new wine.

Derived terms

• lagariço (diminutive)

See also

• prensa

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Spanish

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which olives and grapes are pressed

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Swedish

Noun

lagar

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of lag

Verb

lagar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of laga.

Anagrams

• lagra, ragla