castiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese *castĩeiro, from local Medieval Latin castanario,^[1] from castanea (“chestnut”). Doublet of castiñeiro. Cognate with Portuguese castanheiro.

castiro m (plural castiros)

1. chestnut tree

   Synonym: castiñeiro

• castaña
• castaño

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “castiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN