# berro
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛro/ [ˈbɛ.rʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛro
* Hyphenation: be‧rro

### Etymology 1

Back-formation from berrar (“to yell”).

#### Noun

berro m (plural berros)
* shout or roar
    Synonyms: berrido, grito
    —Como te chaman, roxiña? —Cando estou lonxe, a berros.—How do they call you, little redhead? —When I am far away, by shouting.
* voice of an animal
    Synonyms: bramido, bruído, frémito

##### Derived terms

* Berro Seco

#### Verb

berro
* first-person singular present indicative of berrar

### Etymology 2

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *beruro- (“watercress”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Asturian berriu, Breton beler and Gaulish berula.

#### Noun

berro m (plural berros)
* cress, watercress
    Synonyms: agrón, brizo

##### Derived terms

* berro femia

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “berro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “berro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 62-63.
* ↑ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 83 – via De Gruyter.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbɛ.ʁu/ [ˈbɛ.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛ.ʁo/ [ˈbɛ.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɛ.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -ɛʁu
* Hyphenation: ber‧ro

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from berrar (“to yell”).

#### Noun

berro m (plural berros)
* shout
* roar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

berro
* first-person singular present indicative of berrar

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”). Cognate with Asturian berriu, Galician berro and Breton beler.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbero/ [ˈbe.ro]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ero
* Syllabification: be‧rro

### Noun

berro m (plural berros)
* cress
* watercress

#### Derived terms

* berro chino
* berro de agua
* berro de prado
* berro hortelano

### Further reading

* “berro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10