enfondura
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From en- + fondo (“deep”) + -ura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
enfondura f (plural enfonduras)
- (idiomatic) deep water; trouble; mess
- Synonym: enxangada
- 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 51, page 6:
- Vello das brancas gadellas: non s'enganou o que dixo que unha vez vello dúas veces neno. Non sei de qué xuncras lle sirve a esperencia que adiquiriu cos anos. ¿Pra qué se anda metendo en enfonduras?
- Old man of the white mane: the one who said "once and old man, twice a child" was not wrong. I don't know what the hell it's good to you the experience you gained with age. Why are you getting into deep waters?