brúo

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 14th century (as bruyo). Back-formation from bruar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾuo/ [ˈbɾu.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: brú‧o

Noun

brúo m (plural brúos)

1. bellow (the deep roar of a bull or any other large animal)
   • c1350', K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 23:

     Pero o esforçado Jason nõ sentio aqueles fogos, nẽ os bruyos dos touros que tam fortes erã

     But the courageous Jason didn't felt those fires, nor the bellows of the bulls no matter how strong they were

   Synonyms: brúa, bruído

2. howl (of the wind)
3. courage

   Synonyms: coraxe, braveza, bravura

Related terms

• brúa
• bruar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “brúo”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “brúo”, 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), “brúo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

brúo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bruar