enchenta

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Galician

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Enchenta, River Tea, Galicia
Enchenta, River Minho, Galicia

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Etymology

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encher (to fill) +‎ -ente, from Old Galician-Portuguese encher, from Latin impleō (to fill up).

Pronunciation

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  • (standard) IPA(key): /enˈt͡ʃɛnta̝/, /enˈt͡ʃenta̝/
  • (eastern) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛnta̝/

Noun

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enchenta f (plural enchentas)

  1. flood (overflow of water)
    Synonyms: chea, riada
  2. rising tyde; high tyde
  3. feast, large meal and the sensation of filling caused by it
    • 1840, Manuel Fernandez Magariños, Foliada que fixo o labrador Seor Pedro:
      De cando en cando seu tío espricaballe contento a boa vida dos Curas e dos Frades e dos Cregos, as enchentes que papaban
      From time to time his uncle told him merrily about the good life the parsons, monks and priests lived, the feasts they munched
  4. (figurative) large quantity of something

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