Noun: figo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | figo |
| Plural m | figos |
Sample Sentences
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dedes cadã ãnno a esse moesteyro polos figos que agora son feytos et pola froyta que y fezerdes d'aqui endeante hun capon por dia de san Martino (you must give each year to this monastery, because of the figs made there and of the fruit you could make henceforth, a capon by the day of Saint Martin) [1299, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 431:]
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non daredes de prexegos, nen de figos (you will not give peaches nor figs) [1366, M .Lucas Alvarez, M. & P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media, Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 520:]
Nouns inflected like figo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese figo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree, fig (fruit)”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
figo', Latin Nouns '
fīcus'.
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