perigo

See also: Perigo

Galician

Alternative forms

• perigro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perigoo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably a semi-learned evolution of Latin perīculum (“danger”). Compare Portuguese perigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾiko/ [peˈɾi.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧co

Noun

perigo m (plural perigos)

1. danger
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 59:

     et entõ leuãtarse a hũa tã grãde tẽpestade, que por pouquo a naue seera afondada, et os cõpaneiros et os outros que y foren, cõ medo de morte, chamarã Nostro Señor que por lo rrogo de Santiago os liure do perigoo d'aquela tẽpestade.

     and then a large tempest will rise, which will nearly cause the ship to sink, and the companions and the others being there, with fear of death, will ask Our Lord that, through the request of Saint James, free them of the danger of said tempest

Related terms

• perigar
• perigoso

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “perigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “perigo”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “perigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “perigo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾi.ɡu/, /piˈɾi.ɡu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾi.ɡu/ [pɨˈɾi.ɣu], (with elision) /ˈpɾi.ɡu/ [ˈpɾi.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾi.ɡu/ [pɨˈɾi.ɣu], (with elision) /ˈpɾi.ɡu/ [ˈpɾi.ɣu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾi.ɡu/, (with elision) /ˈpɾi.ɡu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -iɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perigoo, probably a semi-learned word from Latin perīculum (“danger”). Compare Galician perigo and Spanish peligro.

Noun

perigo m (plural perigos)

1. (uncountable) danger (exposure to liable harm)

   Synonym: risco

2. danger (an instance or cause of liable harm)

   Synonym: ameaça

Related terms

• periculosidade
• perigar
• perigosamente
• perigosidade
• perigoso

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Periga

Etymology 2

Verb

perigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of perigar

Further reading

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