regazo

Galician

A Galician traditional kitchen oven

Alternative forms

• garrazo, rogazo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese regaço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from regaçar (Modern Galician arregazar). Compare Portuguese regaço and Spanish regazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣaθo̝/, (western) /reˈɣaso̝/

Noun

regazo m (plural regazos)

1. lap

   Synonym: colo

2. projecting ledge before the door of a wood oven

   Synonym: regazal

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “regaço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “regaço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “regazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reˈɡaθo/ [reˈɣ̞a.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈɡaso/ [reˈɣ̞a.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧zo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from regazar.

Noun

regazo m (plural regazos)

1. lap (the upper legs of a seated person)

Derived terms

• arregazar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

regazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regazar

Further reading

• “regazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10