Noun: almallo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | almallo |
| Singular f | almalla |
| Plural m | almallos |
| Plural f | almallas |
Sample Sentences
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Item trago en cas de Fernan de Gyndil as cartas de duas vacas et de hun almallo et de hun boy manso [1433, Lucas Alvarez, Manuel & Justo Martín, María José (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 332]
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Cando o indómito almallo Napoleón Bonaparte prantar o seu estandarte no chao de Roma tentou [...] (When the untamed bull, Napoleon Bonaparte, tried to plant his standard on the ground of Rome …) [1851, José García Mosquera, Poesías, Ourense: La Región, page 76]
Nouns inflected like almallo
preguiceiro,
metafísico,
serbio,
entomólogo,
estreleiro,
cunqueiro,
becerro,
palestino,
granxeiro,
georgiano,
kiribatiano,
escandinavo,
chadiano,
tamborileiro,
antónimo,
búlgaro,
alcohólico,
milenario,
mauritano,
anglofóbico, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese almallo, probably from Latin animalium, via a medieval *anmallo; attested as almalio and animalio since the 9th century. Cognate with Portuguese almalho, Spanish alimaña, French armaille. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
almallo', Latin Nouns '
animalium', Portuguese Nouns '
almalho', Spanish Nouns '
alimaña', French Nouns '
armaille'.
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