miúdo

Galician

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

small
Synonym: pequeno
- 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
  Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
  Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.
smallish
Synonym: pequeneiro

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

(usually in the plural) child
Synonyms: meniño, rapaz
(usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)
Synonym: miudanza

miúdo

lightly
Antonyms: forte, gordo

"Chove forte?" "Chove miúdo!" ― "Is it raining hard?" "No, it rains lightly!"

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “miudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “miud”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miudo”, 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), “miúdo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miúdo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈu.du/ [mɪˈu.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈu.do/ [mɪˈu.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.do/

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“to diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

miúdo m (plural miúdos)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

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