lóstrego

Meaning

1. (masculine) lightning
2. (masculine) flash of lightning

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈlos.tɾɪ.ɣʊ]

Etymology

Attested since 1370. Uncertain etymology. Perhaps from Latin lūstrō (“I purify; I illuminate”) from Latin lūstrum (“sacrifice”); or rather, given the stressed vowel /o/, from Proto-Celtic *lowkstriko-, from Proto-Celtic *lowko- (“bright, light”): compare Welsh lluched (“lightning”) and North Catalan llaucet. Alternatively, deverbal from lostregar, and this irregularly from Latin *lūstricare.
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).

Sentences

Cravábanse curuxas enriba das portas para protexer as casas do lóstrego e as desgrazas.

Curls were carved over the doors to protect the houses from lightning and misfortunes.

Zeus interveu derribando a Faetón cun lóstrego .

Zeus intervened by knocking down Phaethon with a lightning bolt.