torrontés

Galician

Alternative forms

• terrantés, terrontés

Etymology

Related to From Old Galician-Portuguese terronteiro (“heap of earth”), Portuguese terrantês (“of the country”), ultimately from terra (“earth; country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toronˈtes/

Noun

torrontés m (plural torronteses)

1. a Galician variety of grape, genetically unrelated to Argentinian Torrontés

References

• “terronteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “terrantés” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “torrontés” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “torrontés” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toronˈtes/ [t̪o.rõn̪ˈt̪es]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: to‧rron‧tés

Noun

torrontés m (plural torronteses)

1. Torrontés

Further reading

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