Galician edit

Etymology edit

From escachar (to brit) +‎ pedra (stone): "stone-breaker".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [esˌkat͡ʃaˈpɛðɾɐs]

Adjective edit

escachapedras (invariable)

  1. (informal) restless; naughty; rebellious; roguish
    • c. 1760, Martín Sarmiento, Onomástico etimológico de la lengua gallega:
      «De Nabucodonosore o vello non me lembro nin migalla; mais do seu fillo Nabuquiño me acordo muyto, muyto. ¡Nabuquiño! Era muy escacha pedras. Muytas veces o vim andar no seu cabalo branco por aqueles alqueidons, e outras vezes andar as turras»
      «Of Nebuchadnezzar the Elder, I don't remember the least thing; but of his son, little Nebuch', I remember much, much. Little Nebuch'! He was troublesome. Many times I saw him riding his white horse about those hills, and other times looking for a fight»

Noun edit

escachapedras m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (informal) troublemaker; rebel; menace; little rascal

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