amorodo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Given the related forms morango, morogo, morote and the cognates, Portuguese morango and Asturian meruéndano, then probably from a substrate language *morotanu.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [amoˈɾoðʊ]

Noun

amorodo m (plural amorodos)

  1. berry
  2. strawberry (the fruit), either wild or grown
    Synonyms: morango, morogo, morote

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “arándano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos