portelo

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Galician

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Rúa do portelo, Allariz

Etymology

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13th century. From porta (gate) +‎ -elo (little). Cognate with Spanish portillo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poɾˈtelo̝/, /poɾˈtɛlo̝/

Noun

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portelo m (plural portelos)

  1. gate (doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
    • c1295, Lorenzo, Ramón (ed. ) (1975): La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Edición crítica anotada, con introducción, índice onomástico y glosario de ---. Tomo I: Introducción, texto anotado e índice onomástico; Tomo II: Glosario. Ourense: I. E. O. P. F., page 108:
      o conde Fernã Gonçaluez auya ia feyct[o], en pouca d'ora, muy gram portelo ẽna primeyra az dos mouros
      the count Fernán González opened, in less than an hour, a large gate in the forefront of the Moors
    • 1432, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 93:
      En este dia e por estas testemoyas, se deu o pregón das bestas mullares e asnos, que os non deytasen enas viñas nen cortasen as çepas, su a pena ordenada por ho conçello etc, e que cada hun que tape os portellos etc, su a dita pena, cada un da sua viña
      In this day and with these witnesses, it was proclaimed the announcements of the mules and asses, that they should not free them at the vineyards, nor cut down the grapevines under the penalty accorded by the council etcetera, and each one should close the gates etcetera, under the aforementioned penalty, each one of their vineyard
    • 1812, Ramón González Serna, Carta Recomendada:
      é ó mesmo que tornar os paxaros de un tarreo para que non coman ó grao, é deixar ó mesmo tempo portelos abertos para que ó coman os porcos
      it is the same as driving away the birds from a terrain so that they don't eat the grain, and then leaving the gates open for the pigs to do it
  2. wicket, wicket gate
  3. pane, counter; registration window

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