poula

See also: Poula

Galician

Etymology

From Latin pābulum (“pasture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpowla̝/

Noun

poula f (plural poulas)

1. fallow; dry meadow

   Synonyms: barbeito, coitío

2. heath, heathland

   Synonym: bouza

3. (derogatory, figuratively) single, spinster

Derived terms

• Poula
• Pouleira

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poul”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poula”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poula”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN