quenta

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from quentar (“to heat; to beat up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛntɐ]

Noun

quenta f (plural quentas)

1. admonishment, rebuke
2. beating, bashing

   Synonym: malleira

   • 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:

     Tu ven puderas calar,
     por que si o Demo te tènta,
     hache de dar unha quenta
     que te hà de por a pelar:

     Rather you should shut up
     because if the Devil tempts you
     he's going to give you a beating
     enough to peel you

3. urgency, rush

Related terms

• quentar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quenta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “quenta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quenta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

quenta

1. inflection of quentar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative