escachapedras

Galician

Etymology

From escachar (“to brit”) +‎ pedra (“stone”): "stone-breaker".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˌkat͡ʃaˈpɛðɾɐs]

Adjective

escachapedras (invariable)

1. (informal) restless; naughty; rebellious; roguish
   • c. 1760, Martín Sarmiento, Onomástico etimológico de la lengua gallega:

     «De Nabucodonosore o vello non me lembro nin migalla; mais do seu fillo Nabuquiño me acordo muyto, muyto. ¡Nabuquiño! Era muy escacha pedras. Muytas veces o vim andar no seu cabalo branco por aqueles alqueidons, e outras vezes andar as turras»

     «Of Nebuchadnezzar the Elder, I don't remember the least thing; but of his son, little Nebuch', I remember much, much. Little Nebuch'! He was troublesome. Many times I saw him riding his white horse about those hills, and other times looking for a fight»

Noun

escachapedras m or f by sense (invariable)

1. (informal) troublemaker; rebel; menace; little rascal

Related terms

• escachar
• pedra

References

• “escachapedras” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “escachapedras” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “escachapedras” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.