randón

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Old French randon, from randir (“to run, gallop”) (whence French randonnée (“long walk, hike”)), from Frankish *rant, *rand (“run”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *randijō, from *rinnaną (“run”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)r ̊-nw- (“to flow, move, run”). See run.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ranˈdoŋ/ [ran̪ˈd̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ran‧dón

Adverb

randón

1. intrepidly, without qualms, fully, violently

Usage notes

• Always preceded by preposition de.

References

1. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “randón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega