esterco

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terḱ-o-. Cognate with Breton stroñk (“excrements”) and Welsh trwnc (“urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteɾko̝/

Noun

esterco m (plural estercos)

1. dung, manure

   Synonyms: cuito, estrume

   • 1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:

     O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco

     Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for dung. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, picking up as much as he could find to make manure

Derived terms

• estercar
• esterqueira
• esterqueiro

Related terms

• estercoar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esterco”, 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), “sterc”, 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), “esterco”, 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), “esterco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esterco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

esterco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estercar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈteʁ.ku/ [isˈteh.ku], /esˈteʁ.ku/ [esˈteh.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈteʁ.ku/ [isˈteh.ku], /esˈteʁ.ku/ [esˈteh.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈteɾ.ku/, /esˈteɾ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈteʁ.ku/ [iʃˈteχ.ku], /eʃˈteʁ.ku/ [eʃˈteχ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈteɻ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈteɾ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʁku, (Portugal) -eɾku

Noun

esterco m (plural estercos)

1. dung, manure

   Synonym: estrume

Derived terms

• estercar
• esterqueira

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛʁ.ku/ [isˈtɛh.ku], /esˈtɛʁ.ku/ [esˈtɛh.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛʁ.ku/ [isˈtɛh.ku], /esˈtɛʁ.ku/ [esˈtɛh.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛɾ.ku/, /esˈtɛɾ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛʁ.ku/ [iʃˈtɛχ.ku], /eʃˈtɛʁ.ku/ [eʃˈtɛχ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɛɻ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛɾ.ku/

Verb

esterco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estercar

Further reading

• “esterco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “esterco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “esterco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025