sañudo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From saña +‎ -udo. Compare Spanish sañudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈɲuðʊ]

Adjective

sañudo (feminine sañuda, masculine plural sañudos, feminine plural sañudas)

1. angry; short-tempered

   Synonyms: furibundo, iracundo

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or meek or short-tempered

Related terms

• saña

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sañudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sañudo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “sañudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sañudo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

From saña +‎ -udo. Compare Galician sañudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɲudo/ [saˈɲu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: sa‧ñu‧do

Adjective

sañudo (feminine sañuda, masculine plural sañudos, feminine plural sañudas)

1. cruel; wicked
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Hasta el mar, el displicente y sañudo Cantábrico está hoy tranquilo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• ensañar

 

Further reading

• “sañudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014