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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esterco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sterc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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/

Noun

esterco m (plural estercos)

1. dung, manure

   Synonym: estrume

Derived terms

• estercar
• esterqueira

Further reading

• “esterco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

esterco

1. first-person singular present indicative of estercar