a pan pedir

Galician

Alternative forms

• a pão pedir (reintegrationist)
• a pam pedir (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Literally, “for bread asking”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈpam pɪˈðiɾ]

Phrase

a pan pedir

1. (idiomatic) extremely poor; broke
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 691:

     de moy rricos que ante erã, agora son [tornados] muy pobres et a pã pedir

     from being very rich, that they were, now they have become very poor and broke

2. (idiomatic) shameful
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 650:

     quantos á en esta çidade, todos serã despreçados et tornados a pam pedir.

     everyone in this city, all of them, will be despised and will become shameful / broke

Derived terms

• poñer a pan pedir

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pam ped”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pã ped”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “pedir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “a pan pedir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “poñer a pan pedir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.