carafio
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editEuphemism or minced oath from carallo.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editcarafio
- (minced oath) a mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm as to be put in place of carallo
- Synonym: carai
- 1875, V. Lamas Carbaja, Espiñas, follas e frores:
- «¡Ai un gallego!» dirán os homes / I as mullerciñas da pobración / E ti diráslles: «Sepia o que o pense / Qu'un galleguiño d'eiquí d'Ourense / A moita honra , carafio, son»
- «Ouch! A Galician!», will say men and women of the locality; and you'll say to them: «Let them know to the thinking ones, that a Galician, from here from Ourense, a great honour, Gosh, I am.»
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carafio”, 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), “carafio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carafio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN