bárbaro
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since circa 1300. From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of bravo, possibly.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros)
- barbarian
- '1859, J. Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:
- ¿Galicia? ... ¿Ónd'stá? ¿Ónde vai a nosa fermosa e podente Galicia? ¿Ónde pára? ¿ónde? aquela casta d'héroes fartos qu'o mesmo tremaron as follas das súas coitelas diante das naceós veciñas, acoradas, escorrentadas, por os bárbaros e a mouramia
- Galicia? Where are you? What have become of our beauty a strong Galicia? Where it is now? Where that lineage of lavish heroes who waved their blades before the neighbouring nations, frightened, driven away by the barbarians and the Moors?
Adjective edit
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros)
References edit
- “barbaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “barbar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bárbaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bárbaro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bárbaro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of brabo and berbere.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bár‧ba‧ro
Adjective edit
bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)
- barbarian; uncivilised
- Synonyms: selvagem, incivilizado
- wicked; evil; cruel
- (Brazil, slang) awesome; wicked; brilliant; excellent
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)
- (historical) barbarian (member of peoples considered uncivilised by the Romans and Greeks)
- barbarian (uncivilised person)
- barbarian (a cruel and violent person)
- Synonym: bruto
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)
Noun edit
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bárbaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014