escachapedras
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From escachar (“to brit”) + pedra (“stone”): "stone-breaker".
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
escachapedras (invariable)
- (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)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “escachapedras” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “escachapedras” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escachapedras” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.