roñón
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 19th century. From roñar + -ón.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]roñón (feminine roñona, masculine plural roñóns, feminine plural roñonas)
- grumpy
- 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 15:
- E volta e dálle coas cousas tristes. Nin que m'atentara o demo pra me disfrazar de vello roñón, sendo como son tan churrusqueiro
- Here we go again with the sad things. As if the devil tempted me to disguise as a grumpy old man, when I'm such a charm.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “roñón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “roñón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “roñón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.