Noun: ourizo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | ourizo |
| Plural m | ourizos |
Sample Sentences
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Cada vez a cousa engorda,
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como que incha a ollos vistos,
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Pro, si incha, non estoura;
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como o pelexo enteirizo
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da castaña agüenta e fofa
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pra levála o enemincho;
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Cando máis, si algo rebenta,
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e arregaña, é o ourizo,
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pra guindar limpa a castaña
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e roer fruto tan rico (The thing grows at every time,
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as it swells in plain sight,
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but, although it swells, it does not burst;
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as the one-piece peel
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of the soft watery chestnuts
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you take to an enemy;
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at most, if something pops
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and cracks is the burr,
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to throw clean the chestnut
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and nibble such a rich fruit) [1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:]
Nouns inflected like ourizo
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 *ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”). Cognate with Portuguese ouriço, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo. See: Latin Nouns '
ēricius', Portuguese Nouns '
ouriço', Spanish Nouns '
erizo'.
Verbs referencing "ourizo"
Portuguese Nouns
ouriço.
Translations