falabarato

Galician

Etymology

From falar (“to speak”) +‎ barato ("cheap", compare English barter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falaβaˈɾato̝/

Noun

falabarato m (plural falabaratos)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) windbag, big mouth, bigmouth, chatterbox (someone who talks too much)
2. (humorous) glib (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “falabarato”, 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), “falabarato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “falabarato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN