paseniño
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1807. From paso (“step”) + the diminutive suffix -iño.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
paseniño
- slowly, step by step
- 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
- Non conosès outra cousa: / hevos un Santo, Compadre, / revestido de Canonego, / que cando vay pola calle / parece que pisa en ovos, / porque vay moi pasiniño, / co os brazos postos en cruz, / rezando o santo rosario;
- You know nothing: he is a saint, my friend, disguised as a canon, that when goes down the street is like he is stepping on eggs, because he goes very slowly, the open arms forming a cross, praying the holy rosary