bulidor

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From bulir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buliˈðoɾ]

Adjective

bulidor (feminine bulidora, masculine plural bulidores, feminine plural bulidoras)

1. diligent

   Synonyms: bulideiro, dilixente

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria, Oviedo: Archivum, page 247:

     Plutom sayo omẽ moyto bulidor et traballador, et queria mal aos máos et aos soberueos

     Pluto resulted a very diligent and hard-working man and he despised the bad and the haughty ones

Related terms

• bulir

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bulidor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bulidor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “bulidor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bulidor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bulidor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.