berberecho

• berbecho, birbericho, berbicho

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language;[1] otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Galician carneiro (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.

• IPA^(key): /beɾβeˈɾet͡ʃo̝/

berberecho m (plural berberechos)

1. cockle (Cerastoderma edule)

   Synonyms: carneiro, croque

• “berberecho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “berberecho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “berberecho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “berbeche” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Ancient Greek βέρβερι (bérberi, “pearl oyster”) or perhaps from a substrate language;[1] otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Spanish carnero (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.

• IPA^(key): /beɾbeˈɾet͡ʃo/ [beɾ.β̞eˈɾe.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -etʃo
• Syllabification: ber‧be‧re‧cho

berberecho m (plural berberechos)

1. cockle

• → Catalan: berberetxo

• “berberecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014