garrido
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese garrido (“cheerful”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from garrir.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)
- past participle of garrir
Adjective edit
garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)
- lush, fresh-looking; healthy; strong
- Boa roupa e boa vida, fan á vella garrida. (proverb) ― Good clothes and good life make the old woman healthy (and fresh looking).
- c1350, K. M. Parker. (ed.) (1975), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120:
- forõ moy ledos todos por que era el [moy] bẽ garrido
- all of them were very happy, because he was well healed
- 1355, Alfonso Álvarez Villasandino:
- por fogir de fealdade, | e fui ver con omildade | mui garrida catadura.
- for fleeing ugliness, | and I went see with humbleness | very beauty countenance.
- por fogir de fealdade, | e fui ver con omildade | mui garrida catadura.
- Synonym: louzán
- blonde; auburn
- (archaic) cheerful; frivolous; brainless
Noun edit
garrido m (plural garridos)
- a generic precious item
Related terms edit
References edit
- “garrido” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “garrid” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “garrido” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “garrido” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “garrido” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From garrir.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)
- past participle of garrir
Adjective edit
garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)
- garish, showy, brash
- Synonym: vistoso
- elegant
- Synonym: elegante
- bright, cheerful
- 1969, Jorge Ben Jor (lyrics and music), “Take It Easy My Brother Charles”:
- Rosa é a flor da simpatia / É a flor escolhida no dia / Do primeiro encontro do nosso dia / Com a vida querida / Com a vida mais garrida
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Further reading edit
- “garrido” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of Old Spanish garrir (“to chat, prattle”), from Latin garrīre (“to chatter”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)
- hefty; strong; strong-looking
- (of a woman) good-looking; beauteous
- elegant; gentlemanly
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: garrit
Participle edit
garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)
- past participle of garrir
Further reading edit
- “garrido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014