terrón

Galician

Alternative forms

• tarrón, torrón, turrón

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *terron: terra (“earth”) +‎ -ón. Cognate with Portuguese torrão and Spanish terrón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈroŋ/

Noun

terrón m (plural terróns)

1. clod, divot, clump of earth

   Synonyms: baloco, leiba

2. clump, lump (of any other substance)

   Synonym: pela

3. turf, peat

Derived terms

• terroeira
• Tarroal

Related terms

• terra

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “terrón”, 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), “terrón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “terrón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative. From tierra (“earth, dirt”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈron/ [t̪eˈrõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: te‧rrón

Noun

terrón m (plural terrones)

1. clod, clump of earth
2. clump, lump (of any other substance)

   Synonym: grumo

Derived terms

• aterronar (verb)

 

Related terms

• terregoso

 

Further reading

• “terrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28