# becerro
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* bezerro (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Debated. From Old Galician-Portuguese bezerro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin becerrus, ultimately perhaps from a substrate language and related to, or from, Latin ibex. Cognate with Portuguese bezerro and Spanish becerro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.rʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.rʊ]
* IPA: (seseo) /beˈsero/ [beˈse.rʊ]
* Rhymes: -ero
* Hyphenation: be‧ce‧rro

### Noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)
* calf (young cow or bull)
    Synonyms: cuxo, pucho, xato, xovenco, vitela
* calfskin

#### Related terms

* abecerrar
* becerra
* Becerra
* Becerreira
* becerreiro
* becerro marriño
* rebezo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bezerro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “bezerro/a” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “becerro”, 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), “becerro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “becerro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “becerro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “becerro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bezerro (“calf”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Basque or Iberian *ibicirru.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /beˈθero/ [beˈθe.ro]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /beˈsero/ [beˈse.ro]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ero
* Syllabification: be‧ce‧rro

### Noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)
* calf, young cow, bull calf
    Synonym: ternero
* calfskin

#### Derived terms

* becerrada
* becerrista
* becerro de oro
* enamorarse como un becerro
* libro de becerro
* pie de becerro

#### Descendants

* → Oluta Popoluca: pise̱ru
* → San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chelu
* → Southeastern Tepehuan: bheseer
* → Tagalog: bisiro
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pesiero
* → Yosondúa Mixtec: chelu

#### See also

* toro m
* vaca f
* vacuno m

### Further reading

* “becerro”, 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