torgo

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably from a substrate term *tǒrgăno-; cognate of Leonese and Asturian tuérgano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔɾɣʊ]

Noun

torgo m (plural torgos)

1. trunk and roots of heather, traditionally used in the production of coal

   Synonym: cando

2. heather

   Synonym: uz

Related terms

• Torguedo

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔɾɣʊ]

Noun

torgo m (plural torgos)

1. voice; tone

   Synonyms: berro, voz

   • 1843, anonymous author, Cambados, 1836:

     è s’os crègos non se meten
     n’o demòntre d’a’ncaldada
     è o abade c’o seu tòrgo
     fort’e recio non lles fala
     d’irs’a jantar o’utro mundo
     iban ja lovando trazas.

     and if it wasn't for the priests,
     who stopped that hell of a broth,
     and the abbot with his voice,
     strong and firm, didn't speak with them,
     going to have lunch to the other world
     those people were giving clues

Etymology 3

Verb

torgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of torgar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torgo”, 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), “torgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torgo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN