toural

Galician

Praza do Toural, Vilar de Barrio

Praza do Toural, Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

From touro (“bull”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tou̯ˈɾɑɫ]

Noun

toural m (plural tourais)

1. (now regional) place where cattle markets are held

   Synonym: campo da feira

2. (southern) place where rabbits defecate

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “toural”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toural”, 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), “toural”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toural”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• toiral

Etymology

From touro (“bull”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to(w)ˈɾaw/ [to(ʊ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /to(w)ˈɾal/ [to(w)ˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /to(w)ˈɾal/ [to(w)ˈɾaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /towˈɾal/ [towˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /toˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: tou‧ral

Noun

toural m (plural tourais)

1. (Trás-os-Montes) place where cattle markets are held
2. (Beira) cattle (collectively)
3. (Trás-os-Montes) place where rabbits defecate

   Synonym: boiada

References

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toural”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “toural”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “toural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026