corentena

Galician

Etymology

A semi-leaned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin quarentena.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [koɾɛnˈtenɐ]

Noun

corentena f (plural corentenas)

  1. (medicine) quarantine
  2. (now rare) Lent
    • 1992, Pegerto Saavedra, A vida cotiá en Galicia de 1550 a 1850:
      A corentena e as vixilias notábanse moito na alimentación, sobre todo na dos grupos privilexiados e urbanos, que tiñan que mercar na praza comestibles. Abandonábase o consumo de carne, e ás veces o de leite e ovos...
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  3. forties (age)

References
  • “quarentena” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “corentena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “corentena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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