# esterco
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terḱ-o-. Cognate with Breton stroñk (“excrements”) and Welsh trwnc (“urine”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈteɾko̝/

#### Noun

esterco m (plural estercos)
* dung, manure
    Synonyms: cuito, estrume
** 1927, X. Lesta Meis, Estebo, A Coruña: Lar, page 106:O Carpulla andaba á bosta. Cun cesto de aro colgado debaixo do brazo, iba e viña por camiños e carreiros recollendo canta alcontraba para facer esterco Carpulla ("Hunger") used to search for dung. With a hoop basked under the arm, he came and went on the roads and ways, picking up as much as he could find to make manure

##### Derived terms

* estercar
* esterqueira
* esterqueiro

##### Related terms

* estercoar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esterco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sterc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esterco”, 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), “esterco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esterco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

esterco
* first-person singular present indicative of estercar

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esterco, from Latin stercus.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈteʁ.ku/ [isˈteh.ku], /esˈteʁ.ku/ [esˈteh.ku]
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈteʁ.ku/ [isˈteh.ku], /esˈteʁ.ku/ [esˈteh.ku]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /isˈteɾ.ku/, /esˈteɾ.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈteʁ.ku/ [iʃˈteχ.ku], /eʃˈteʁ.ku/ [eʃˈteχ.ku]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈteɻ.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈteɾ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʁku, (Portugal) -eɾku

#### Noun

esterco m (plural estercos)
* dung, manure
    Synonym: estrume

##### Derived terms

* estercar
* esterqueira

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈtɛʁ.ku/ [isˈtɛh.ku], /esˈtɛʁ.ku/ [esˈtɛh.ku]
* (Brazil) IPA: /isˈtɛʁ.ku/ [isˈtɛh.ku], /esˈtɛʁ.ku/ [esˈtɛh.ku]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /isˈtɛɾ.ku/, /esˈtɛɾ.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃˈtɛʁ.ku/ [iʃˈtɛχ.ku], /eʃˈtɛʁ.ku/ [eʃˈtɛχ.ku]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /esˈtɛɻ.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃˈtɛɾ.ku/

#### Verb

esterco
* first-person singular present indicative of estercar

### Further reading

* “esterco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “esterco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025