pregón

See also: pregon and preĝon

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pregon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin praecō, praecōnem. Cognate with Portuguese pregão and Spanish pregón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɣoŋ/

Noun

pregón m (plural pregóns)

1. proclamation; public announcement
2. auction
   • 1399, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 268:

     logo apregôôu Fernan de Carnota, pregoeyro da dita villa de Muro, o qual Fernan de Carnota pregoou altas vozes em publica plaça as ditas herdades; et logo Aluaro Ledo disso que daua por llas ditas herdades de todo o dito alfoz que perteeçia ao dito Pero Eanes tres mill et seysçentos morauedis de moeda vella; asy andaron a pregon et leylla, et non vêêo quen mays pojasse nas ditas herdades

     then it was announced by Fernán de Carnota, town crier of said town of Muros, who announced in high voices in public space said properties; and then Álvaro Ledo said that he bid for all the properties belonging to said Pero Eanes in the town district three thousand and six hundred maravedis of old coinage; and so they were in auction and public sale, and nobody came to bid more for these properties

Related terms

• pregoar
• pregoeiro

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praecō, praecōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡon/ [pɾeˈɣ̞õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: pre‧gón

Noun

pregón m (plural pregones)

1. proclamation

Related terms

• pregonar