tizón

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tiçon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tītiōnem, accusative singular of tītiō (“firebrand”). Cognate with Portuguese tição and Spanish tizón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tiˈθoŋ], (western) [tiˈsoŋ]

Noun

tizón m (plural tizóns)

1. a stick which is burning or smoldering; brand
   • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun escolar gallego:

     O feitizo está nos ollos
     dua nena de Padron:
     as nenas tamen feitizan
     à os cregos da inquisicion.
     Garridiñas, nos chegedes
     a os que manexan tizós,
     que a estopa cabe do fogo
     e vos ua tentacion.

     the charm is in the eyes
     of a girl from Padrón:
     the girls also charm
     the priests of the Inquisition.
     Beautiful ladies, don't come near
     the ones who handle the brands,
     because the tow by the fire
     it's too much of a temptation.

References

• “tiçon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tiç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tizón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tizón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tizón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tītiōnem (“firebrand”). Doublet of tizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tiˈθon/ [t̪iˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /tiˈson/ [t̪iˈsõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ti‧zón

Noun

tizón m (plural tizones)

1. a stick which is burning or smoldering; brand
2. ergot, especially that which affects wheat, barley and oats

   Synonym: cornezuelo

3. potato blight

Derived terms

• colirrojo tizón
• lagarto tizón
• tiznar
• tizonear

 

Related terms

• atizar
• tizo

 

Further reading

• “tizón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014