chambergas
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From chamberga (“long coat”), after the Chamberga or Royal Guard of Spain, whose popular name -given to them because of the coats they wore- was a corruption of the name of the 17th-century French general Schomberg.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chambergas m or f (invariable)
- (derogatory) bad dressed person
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “chamberga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chambergo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chambergas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.