entroido

Galician

Entroido, Viana do Bolo, Galicia

Entroido Ribeirao, Chantada, Galicia

Alternative forms

• Entroido
• antroido

Etymology

13th century. From Latin introitus, "entering", referred to the year. Cognate with Portuguese entrudo, Mirandese antruido and Asturian antroxu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /enˈtɾojðo̝/

Noun

entroido m (plural entroidos)

1. (usually capitalized) Shrovetide (days immediately preceding Lent, which are traditionally considered a festive occasion, marked by parades and carnivals)

   Synonym: carnaval

   • 1363, Emilio Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de S. Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 208:

     Et darnos edes vos e as ditas vosas vozes por dereitura cada ano pola festa dentroydo hua boa galina

     And you and your heirs should give to us, because of this right, a good hen by the festivities of Shrovetide

   • 1447, Manuel Lucas Álvarez & Pedro Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 518:

     et daredes en cada huun anno huun par de gallinas ãã dita oveença por cada dia de domingo de Entroydo

     and you should give, every year, a pair of hens to that chapter, each Shrove Sunday

2. mask (person wearing a mask, or disguised for a carnival)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entroydo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “entroido” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.