touro

See also: Touro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese touro, from Latin taurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtou̯.ɾʊ]

Noun

touro m (plural touros)

1. a bull

   Synonym: almallo

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin taurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtou̯.ɾo/

Noun

touro m (plural touros)

1. a bull

Descendants

• Galician: touro
• Portuguese: touro, toiro

Portuguese

touro

Alternative forms

• toiro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese touro, from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, related to Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Compare Galician touro and Spanish toro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾu/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾu/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾo/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtow.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -owɾu, -oɾu
• Homophone: Touro
• Hyphenation: tou‧ro

Noun

touro m (plural touros)

1. a bull

Derived terms

• toura
• tourada
• toural
• tourão
• tourar
• touraria
• toureador
• tourear
• toureável
• toureiro
• tourinha

 

Related terms

• minotauro
• táureo
• taurico
• taurino
• tauromaquia
• Touro

 

Further reading

• “touro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913