miolo

Catalan

Verb

miolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of miolar

Galician

FWOTD – 3 March 2018

Alternative forms

• meolo, molo

Etymology

14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Vulgar Latin *medullum, from Latin medulla (“marrow”). Compare Spanish meollo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈolo̝/, /miˈɔlo̝/

Noun

miolo m (plural miolos)

1. crumb, soft part (of bread etc)

   Synonyms: miga, rafa

2. marrow

   Synonyms: medula, miolo dos ósos

3. core or kernel (usually soft)

   Synonyms: cerna, núcleo (usually hard)

4. (colloquial, in the plural) brain
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 692:

     Et despois que o uirõ ajuso, lançárõlle grandes pedras, en tal guisa que lle poserõ os ollos fora et os meolos da cabeça

     And after they saw him there under, they throw large boulders at him, so that his eyes and brain came out of his head

   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 19:

     Entõ leuãtou hũu dos fariseus hũu pao de ferro que tomou et doulle cõ el tã grãde ferida na cabeça et estrulloulle todo los meolos et deitoullos fora

     Then, one of the Pharisees took one rod of iron and raised it and so strongly struck it against his head that he crushed his brain and threw it out

   • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:

     En escoitalo, señor tio Calacú, xà o peléxo do meu corpo tembra. Sei que á tanta agua que acarrexóu amolentoulle os miolos, é por eso louquéa

     While listening to you, my sir uncle Pumpkin, my body's skin trembles. Perhaps the much water you have carried softened you brain, and therefore you are going insane

   Synonym: cerebro

5. (figuratively) judgement, reason

Related terms

• miolo dos ósos (“marrow”)

References

• “meolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “meolo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “miolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “miolo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “miolo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Vulgar Latin *medullum, from Latin medulla (“marrow”). Compare Spanish meollo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈo.lu/ [mɪˈo.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈo.lu/ [mɪˈo.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈo.lo/ [mɪˈo.lo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmjo.lu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧o‧lo

Noun

miolo m (plural miolos, metaphonic)

1. crumb; soft part (of bread etc)
2. marrow
3. (botany) core; kernel (of a fruit)
4. (figuratively) core; kernel; essence (the most important part of a thing)
5. (figuratively) the center; the interior
6. (colloquial, in the plural) brain

   Synonym: cérebro

7. (figuratively) judgement, reason