Noun: sebo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | sebo |
| Plural m | sebos |
Sample Sentences
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ponlle papuxas de farellos coytas en vinagre et con pouco de seuo (apply a poultice of bran boiled in vinegar, with some tallow) [1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 147:]
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dez libras de sevo para ensevar a dita pinaça [1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 22]
Nouns inflected like sebo
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 sevo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sēbum (“tallow; suet”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
sevo', Latin Nouns '
sēbum'.
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