diaño
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAttested since circa 1536.[1] From Old Galician-Portuguese diabo, earlier diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo; from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiaño m (plural diaños)
- (religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)
- Synonym: demo
- (colloquial, with definite article) used to emphasise the extent of an action, usually one of a negative nature
Noun
editdiaño m (plural diaños)
- an evil or perverse person
- Synonym: demo
- a mischievous person
- Synonym: demo
Interjection
editdiaños!
- damn! (expresses anger, irritation or disappointment)
Synonyms
edit- (euphemistic) merda
References
edit- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “diaboo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “diab”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “diaño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “diaño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “diaño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “ay baron ay diaño”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)[1], A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.
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- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
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