berberecho

== Galician == === Alternative forms === berbecho, berbiricho, birbericho, berbicho === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language; otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Galician carneiro (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [beɾβeˈɾet͡ʃʊ] === Noun === berberecho m (plural berberechos) cockle (Cerastoderma edule) Synonyms: carneiro, croque === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berberecho”, 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), “berberecho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berberecho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berbeche”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βέρβερι (bérberi, “pearl oyster”) or perhaps from a substrate language; otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Spanish carnero (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɾbeˈɾet͡ʃo/ [beɾ.β̞eˈɾe.t͡ʃo] Rhymes: -etʃo Syllabification: ber‧be‧re‧cho === Noun === berberecho m (plural berberechos) cockle Synonym: almeja ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: berberetxo === References === === Further reading === “berberecho”, 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