gaioto
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom gaio (“jaybird”) + -oto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgaioto m (plural gaiotos)
- young jay
Noun
editgaioto m (plural gaiotos, feminine gaiota, feminine plural gaiotas)
- (figurative) youngster; kid
- Synonym: rapazolo
- 1887, Rufino Ribera Losada, O conto da lebre:
- Tiñan cinco fillos; dous gaiotiños que andaban na escola, un deprendendo o catón i o outro a cartilla dos cristos. Os outros tres, un era de peito i os dous restantes inda andaban de refaixo.
- They had five children: two kids who were at school, one learning how to read and write and the other primer. The other three, one was a babe in arms, the remaining two still used diapers
References
edit- “gaioto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gaioto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gaioto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.