páxaro
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese passaro, from Vulgar Latin *passaru, from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Portuguese pássaro, Asturian páxaru, Romanian pasăre.
Noun
[edit]páxaro m (plural páxaros)
- a bird (animal), especially a small one
- passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes)
- an astute man
Further reading
[edit]- “páxaro” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
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- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- Galician terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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