biosbardo

Galician

Alternative forms

• birbardo

Etymology

Unknown. Ultimately perhaps from a substrate language, possibly linked to a lost thing of folklore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biosˈβaɾðo̝/

Noun

biosbardo m (plural biosbardos)

1. (usually in the plural) imaginary being or place

   Synonyms: alpabarda, gazafello

   • 1861, Antonio de la Iglesia, Poesías:

     Para os biosbardos,
     Meu neno, mirás:
     Traguerme vas cardos
     S'atento n'andás

     At the biosbardos,
     My boy, you look:
     You'll bring me thistles
     if you don't pay attention

Derived terms

• andar nos biosbardos

References

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