croio
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *krowdi- (“crude, rude, raw > hard, severe”); compare Irish crua.[1][2] From Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
croio m (plural croios)
- (informal, derogatory) ugly person
- Viches o seu novo mozo? É un croio!
- Have you seen her new boyfriend? He's very ugly!
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from the same origin.[3]
Alternative forms edit
- coio (eastern Galicia)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
croio m (plural croios)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “croio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “croio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “coio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “croyo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-227
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “croyo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *crodius, from Gaulish *croudis (“hard”), from Proto-Celtic *kroudis, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
croio (feminine croia, masculine plural croi, feminine plural croie) (obsolete)
- hard
- Synonym: duro
- (figurative) boorish, loutish
- Synonym: zotico
- (figurative) cruel, evil
Further reading edit
- croio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana