croio
Galician
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editNoun
editcroio 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
editProbably from the same origin.[3]
Alternative forms
edit- coio (eastern Galicia)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcroio m (plural croios)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “croio”, 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), “croio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ 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
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *crodius, from Gaulish *croudis (“hard”), from Proto-Celtic *kroudis, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcroio (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
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- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
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- Italian terms derived from Gaulish
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔjo
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔjo/2 syllables
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