congro

Galician

congro ("conger")

Conger eel statue, Bouzas, Vigo

Alternative forms

• congrio, crongo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese congro (first attested in the 13th century), from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoŋɡɾo/ [ˈkoŋ.ɡɾʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈkoŋɡɾo/ [ˈkoŋ.ɡɾʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈkoŋħɾo/ [ˈkoŋ.ħɾʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -oŋɡɾo

• Rhymes: -oŋɡɾo
• Rhymes: -oŋħɾo

• Hyphenation: con‧gro

Noun

congro m (plural congros)

1. conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “congro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “congro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “congro”, 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), “congro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “congro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡroː/, [ˈkɔŋɡroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡro/, [ˈkɔŋɡro]

Noun

congrō

1. dative/ablative singular of conger

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros).

Noun

congro m (plural congros)

1. conger, conger eel (any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González, editor, Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra das pescadas frescas et dos congros a seis dineiros cada libra.

     "Item, the pound of fresh hakes and of conger, six coins each pound."

Descendants

• Galician: congro
• Portuguese: congro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “congro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “congro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ɡɾu/

• Hyphenation: con‧gro

Noun

congro m (plural congros)

1. conger; conger eel (any of the large marine eels of the genus Conger)