avoengo

== Galician == === Etymology === From avó (“grandparent”) +‎ -engo (“-ing”). Compare Portuguese avoengo, Spanish abolengo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aβoˈeŋɡo̝/ === Noun === avoengo m (plural avoengos) hereditary property; a property that has been inherited === Adjective === avoengo (feminine avoenga, masculine plural avoengos, feminine plural avoengas) hereditary; related to or belonging to the ancestors ==== Related terms ==== abadengo avó reguengo === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “avoengo”, 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, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avoengo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧vo‧en‧go === Noun === avoengo m (plural avoengos, feminine avoenga, feminine plural avoengas) forefather; forebear; ancestor === Adjective === avoengo (feminine avoenga, masculine plural avoengos, feminine plural avoengas) (relational) of one's forefathers === Further reading === “avoengo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “avoengo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026