salagre

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since 1289.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈlaɣɾɪ]

Adjective

salagre m or f (plural salagres)

1. brittle, crumbly

   Synonym: fráxil

   • 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:

     os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagre

     the goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle

2. (figurative) grumpy

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “salagre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “salagre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “salagre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “salagre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN