enchenta

Galician

Enchenta, River Tea, Galicia

Enchenta, River Minho, Galicia

Alternative forms

• enchente

Etymology

encher (“to fill”) +‎ -ente, from Old Galician-Portuguese encher, from Latin impleō (“to fill up”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /enˈt͡ʃɛnta̝/, /enˈt͡ʃenta̝/
• (eastern) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛnta̝/

Noun

enchenta f (plural enchentas)

1. flood (overflow of water)

   Synonyms: chea, riada

2. rising tyde; high tyde
3. feast, large meal and the sensation of filling caused by it
   • 1840, Manuel Fernandez Magariños, Foliada que fixo o labrador Seor Pedro:

     De cando en cando seu tío espricaballe contento a boa vida dos Curas e dos Frades e dos Cregos, as enchentes que papaban

     From time to time his uncle told him merrily about the good life the parsons, monks and priests lived, the feasts they munched

4. (figurative) large quantity of something

Synonyms

• chea

Related terms

• cheo
• encher

References

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