becerro

== Galician == === Alternative forms === bezerro (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Debated. From Old Galician-Portuguese bezerro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin becerrus, ultimately perhaps from a substrate language and related to, or from, Latin ibex. Cognate with Portuguese bezerro and Spanish becerro. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ero Hyphenation: be‧ce‧rro === Noun === becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras) calf (young cow or bull) Synonyms: cuxo, pucho, xato, xovenco, vitela calfskin ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “bezerro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “bezerro/a” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “becerro”, 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), “becerro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “becerro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “becerro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish bezerro (“calf”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Basque or Iberian *ibicirru. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.ro] (Spain) IPA(key): /beˈsero/ [beˈse.ro] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ero Syllabification: be‧ce‧rro === Noun === becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras) calf, young cow, bull calf Synonym: ternero calfskin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → O'odham: wisilo → Oluta Popoluca: pise̱ru → San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chelu → Southeastern Tepehuan: bheseer → Tagalog: bisiro → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pesiero → Yosondúa Mixtec: chelu ==== See also ==== toro m vaca f vacuno m === Further reading === “becerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025