liorna

See also: Liorna

Galician

Alternative forms

• ligornia

Etymology

Attested since the 18th century. Perhaps from Latin Liburnus (“Liborna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɔɾna̝/

Noun

liorna f (plural liornas)

1. palaver
   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Xacinto e Catriña:

     Non me veñas Xacinto con liornas / A que eu non lle dou creto, / Que esa labia éche o abouxo das bigornas

     Don't come to me with palavers, Xacinto, which I don't give credit; because this glibness of yours is the din of the anvils

2. gibberish, drivel, ramble
3. uproar, din

   Synonyms: abouxo, barullo

4. quarrel

   Synonym: liorta

Derived terms

• liorta

References

• “liorna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “liornas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ligornia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “liorna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “liorna” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Liorna (“Livorno”), an Italian city.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljoɾna/ [ˈljoɾ.na]
• Rhymes: -oɾna
• Syllabification: lior‧na

Noun

liorna f (plural liornas)

1. (uncommon, colloquial) uproar; commotion; disorder; chaos

Further reading

• “liorna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014