Galician

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Río do Corgo, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

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Etymology

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Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as corrego, from local Vulgar Latin (documented by Pliny the Elder as corrugus), from a local Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese córrego and Spanish cuérrago.

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Noun

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corgo m (plural corgos)

  1. ravine; brook
  2. a small dam or pool

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: cor‧go

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corgo m (plural corgos)

  1. Alternative form of córrego

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