bandallo

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Perhaps from banda +‎ -allo; compare Portuguese bandalho. Or either related to Spanish andrajo.[1]

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Noun[edit]

bandallo m (plural bandallos)

  1. rag
    Synonyms: farrapo, cerello, ciringallo
  2. (derogatory) rascal; idleton; a despicable or untidy person
    Synonyms: baldreo, pastrán, ciringalleiro
  3. calamity, disgrace
    • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:
      Xâ sabes que â miña casa
      he moi levada o bandallo
      da tia Goras de Rabál,
      aquela gran zalameira,
      embolvedora è embusteira,
      que vive por noso mal:
      You know that my house
      has become quite a calamity
      because of uncle Goras of Rabal,
      that great sweat talker,
      scheming and liar
      that lives to cause us harm
    • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:
      Máis que digan que este mundo
      Foi e será un bandallo,
      Decote detras da porta
      Non hemos de ver o trasno;
      No matter how much they say that this world
      was and is a calamity,
      Not always are we to see
      the demon behind the door

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “andrajo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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