aveso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese avesso, from Latin āversus (“contrary”). Cognate with Portuguese avesso and Spanish avieso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβɛso̝/

Adjective

aveso m (plural avesos, feminine avesa, feminine plural avesas)

1. evil, malicious

   Synonyms: atravesado, revirado, ruín

2. contrary, opposite

   Synonyms: contrario, oposto

Noun

aveso m (plural avesos)

1. contrary, opposite
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 166:

     depoys começou a fazer o avesso delo

     later she began doing the opposite of this

   Synonyms: contrario, oposto

Derived terms

• ás avesas
• avesada
• avesar
• avesedo
• avesío

References

• “avess” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aveso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN