antollo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese antollo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): ante (“before”) +‎ ollo (“eye”); compare Spanish antojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈto.ʎʊ]

Noun

antollo m (plural antollos)

1. (archaic) mirage, illusion
2. whim, craving

Usage notes

In common use this words has been substituted by antoxo, an adapted borrowing from Spanish antojo

Derived terms

• antollar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “antollo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “antollo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “antollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “antollo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “antollo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

antollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of antollar