burgo

See also: Burgo and burĝo

Esperanto

Etymology

From English burg, Latin burgus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈburɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urɡo
• Hyphenation: bur‧go

Noun

burgo (accusative singular burgon, plural burgoj, accusative plural burgojn)

1. castle, fortress; city, town

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese burgo (“borough”), from Late Latin burgus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“hill-fort”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾɣo̝/

Noun

burgo m (plural burgos)

1. borough, neighborhood
2. (historical) during the 12th century, newly founded town to which a bill of rights was awarded

Derived terms

• Burgo
• burguesía

Related terms

• Burgo
• Burgovedro
• Malburgo
• Malburguete

Etymology 2

From Latin brūchus, from Ancient Greek βροῦκος (broûkos).

Alternative forms

• brugo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾɣo̝/

Noun

burgo m (plural burgos)

1. grub, caterpillar, especially of the cabbage butterfly

   Synonym: eiruga

References

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English borough, burgh, French bourg, Italian borgo, Spanish burgo.

Noun

burgo (plural burgi)

1. borough, burgh, market town

Derived terms

• burgestro

Latin

Noun

burgō

1. dative/ablative singular of burgus

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burgo, from Late Latin burgus, from Vulgar Latin *burgus, borrowed from Frankish *burg (“fortified city”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortified city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.ɡu/ [ˈbuɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.ɡu/ [ˈbuɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾ.ɡu/ [ˈbuɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: bur‧go

Noun

burgo m (plural burgos)

1. (historical) burg (fortified town in medieval Europe)

Related terms

• brenha
• brio
• forte

Further reading

• “burgo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “burgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg (“fortified city”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortified city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾɡo/ [ˈbuɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -uɾɡo
• Syllabification: bur‧go

Noun

burgo m (plural burgos)

1. burg
2. city

Further reading

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