andar ás turras
Galician
editEtymology
editAttested since the 18th century. From andar a (“to be searching for”) + turra (“beating”).
Verb
editandar ás turras (first-person singular present ando ás turras, first-person singular preterite andei ás turras, past participle andado ás turras)
- to look for trouble
- to romp
- to quarrel, fight
- 1843, Xoán M. Pintos, A Faustino Dominguez:
- Si te vira andar as turras
Como eu te vim noutro tempo?- If I see you quarrelling
As I saw you in the past
- If I see you quarrelling
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “turras”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “andar ás turras”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega