fanado

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fanado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fanar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈnaðʊ]

Participle

fanado (feminine fanada, masculine plural fanados, feminine plural fanadas)

1. past participle of fanar

Adjective

fanado (feminine fanada, masculine plural fanados, feminine plural fanadas)

1. earless; having a mutilated ear

   Synonym: desorellado

2. hornless (having lost a horn or both horns)

   Synonyms: escornado, mouco

3. toothless (having lost some teeth)

   Synonym: desdentado

   Caeronlle os dentes e agora está fanadiña ― She lost her teeth and now she is toothless

References

• “fanar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fanado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fanado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fanado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fanado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.