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temón

Pronunciation: /teˈmoŋ/

“temón” is a Galician word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. shaft, beam, pole, tongue (of a cart, or of a plough)
  2. helm
  3. rudder

In Galician

  1. Peza do carro ou do arado, en forma de pau groso e longo no que se amarra o xugo no extremo anterior.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese temon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tēmō (“pole, beam”).

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