FromOld Galician-Portugueseesterco, fromLatinstercus, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)terḱ-o-. Cognate withBretonstroñk(“excrements”) andWelshtrwnc(“urine”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈteɾko̝/

esterco m (pluralestercos)

1. dung,manure

   Synonyms:cuito,estrume

   • 1927, X. Lesta Meis,Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page106:

     O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para faceresterco

     Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for dung. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, picking up as much as he could find to makemanure

• estercar
• esterqueira
• esterqueiro

• estercoar

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

esterco

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofestercar

FromOld Galician-Portugueseesterco, fromLatinstercus.

• Rhymes:(Brazil)-eʁku,(Portugal)-eɾku

esterco m (pluralestercos)

1. dung,manure

   Synonym:estrume

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

esterco

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofestercar

• “esterco”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2025
• “esterco”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025

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