bezerro

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From Late Latin becerrus, from Iberian *ribiccu, possibly a metathesis of *(i)bicirru (“chamois”), ultimately borrowed from the same Alpine Proto-Indo-European language that produced Latin ibex and camocis (see English chamois). Cognate with Old Spanish bezerro. === Pronunciation === (Galicia) IPA(key): /be.ˈd͡ze.ro/ (Portugal) IPA(key): /be.ˈd͡ze.rʊ/ === Noun === bezerro m (plural bezerros) calf (young cow or bull) […] creceu aq̇l bezerro […] that calf grew ==== Descendants ==== Galician: becerro Portuguese: bezerro === References === == Old Spanish == === Alternative forms === beçerro, uezerro, vezerro === Etymology === From Late Latin becerrus, from Iberian *ribiccu, possibly a metathesis of *(i)bicirru (“chamois”), ultimately borrowed from the same Alpine Proto-Indo-European language that produced Latin ibex and camocis (see English chamois). Compare Latin ībex and Old Galician-Portuguese bezerro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈd͡zero/ === Noun === bezerro m (plural bezerros) calf ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: becerro == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese bezerro. Compare Galician and Spanish becerro. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: be‧zer‧ro === Noun === bezerro m (plural bezerros, feminine bezerra, feminine plural bezerras) calf (young cow or bull) === References === Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN === Further reading === “bezerro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bezerro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026