sarro

See also: Sarro

Galician

Alternative forms

• sarrio

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaro̝/

Noun

sarro m (plural sarros)

1. tartar (red compound deposited during wine making)
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria00. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

     con sal mudo et con sarro de cuba que chaman tartaro

     with ground salt and with barrel sarro, which they call tartar

   Synonyms: borra, feces, tártaro

2. tartar, dental calculus

   Synonyms: charrizo, tártaro

3. soot

   Synonym: feluxe

4. sandy mineral soil

   Synonyms: sábrego, xabre

5. acorn barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides)

   Synonyms: arneiro, arneste

Related terms

• sarrapio

References

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

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Portuguese

Noun

sarro m (plural sarros)

1. laugh (something that provokes mirth or scorn)
2. mockery (the act of mocking)
3. residue
   1. dregs; sediment (solid particles that accumulate on the bottom of a liquid)
   2. tobacco residue in a pipe
   3. (firearms) residual gunpowder in a firearm
4. spot; stain
   1. nicotine stain
   2. (pathology) a white coating on the tongue that appears in sufferers of glossitis
   3. (dentistry) tartar (hard yellow deposit on the teeth)

Synonyms

• (something that provokes mirth or scorn): piada
• (mockery): zoação
• (residue): resíduo
• (dregs): fezes, borra, sedimento
• (spot): mancha, marca
• (white coating on the tongue): saburra
• (tartar): tártaro

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin saburra (“ballast”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

sarro m (plural sarros)

1. (dentistry) tartar
2. mildew