cortello

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1332. From cortella, from Latin cohorticula, diminutive of cohors. Cognate with Spanish cortijo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈteʎo̝/

Noun

cortello m (plural cortellos)

1. pigsty
2. small stable or department inside it, specially when destined to pigs, sheep or goats

   Synonym: cortella

3. (derogatory, figurative) untidy and small place

   Fillo, arromba o teu cuarto que está feito un cortello! ― Son, clean you room: it is a pigsty!

Related terms

• corte
• cortella

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cortello”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cortello”, 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), “cortello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN