can sen dono
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “ownerless dog”.
Noun
[edit]can sen dono m (plural cans sen dono)
- stray dog
- Daquela pasabamos máis fame ca un can sen dono ― At that time we were hungrier than a stray dog.
- (idiomatic, figurative) loner
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “can sen dono”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega