Noun: estío
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | estío |
| Plural m | estíos |
Sample Sentences
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sal estonçes o estio et entra ho outono (then the summer leaves and the autumn enters) [c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 183:]
Nouns inflected like estío
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
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese estio, from Latin [tempus] aestīvum (literally “summertime”). First attested in the 13th century. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
estio', Old Portuguese Nouns '
estio', Latin Nouns '
tempus aestivum'.
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