zorza

Unknown. Cognate with Northeastern Portuguese sorça.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔɾθa̝/, (western) /ˈsɔɾsa̝/

zorza f (plural zorzas)

1. (cooking) marinade made of paprika, salt, garlic and, optionally, other herbs and wine
2. (cooking) paprika marinated chopped pork, used for the preparation of chourizos

   Synonym: amoado

3. (cooking) paprika marinated chopped pork, fried

   Hoxe temos zorza con patacas

   Today we have fried paprika marinated pork with fries / chips.

• enzorzar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zorza”, 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), “zorza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zorza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Polish zarza, zorza, from Proto-Slavic *zořà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.ʐa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʐa
• Syllabification: zo‧rza

zorza f

1. aurora (atmospheric phenomenon)

   zorza polarna ― aurora borealis

2. dawn, daybreak

zorza f

1. (obsolete) morning star (the planet Venus on the horizon at dawn)

   Synonyms: Gwiazda Poranna, Jutrzenka

• zorza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zorza in Polish dictionaries at PWN