cortello

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since 1332. From cortella, from Latin cohorticula, diminutive of cohors. Cognate with Spanish cortijo.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cortello m (plural cortellos)

  1. pigsty
  2. small stable or department inside it, specially when destined to pigs, sheep or goats
    Synonym: cortella
  3. (derogatory, figurative) untidy and small place
    Fillo, arromba o teu cuarto que está feito un cortello! ― Son, clean you room: it is a pigsty!

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References[edit]

  • “cortello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cortello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cortello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cortello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “corte”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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