lixo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lixo, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Latin lix (“ashes”)
• Latin lixa (“camp follower”)

Cognate with Portuguese lixo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliʃo̝/

Noun

lixo m (plural lixos)

1. garbage; waste; rubbish; dirt (useless material to be discarded)
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:

     Que o dito que aposte os ditos baños et os alinpe ben, fasta o soo, de todo lixo et lodo que touveren

     That the aforementioned man should ready the aforementioned baths, and clean them correctly, till the ground, of any dirt and mud that they can have

2. rubbish bin (small container for waste)

Derived terms

• lixar
• lixoso

References

• “lixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.

• “lixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

• “lixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• “lixo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “lixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ʃu/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese lixo, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Latin lix (“ashes”)
• Latin lixa (“camp follower”)

Cognate of Galician lixo

Noun

lixo m (plural lixos)

1. garbage; waste; rubbish (useless material to be discarded)
2. rubbish bin (small container for waste)
3. (colloquial) crap (something of poor quality)

Synonyms

• (rubbish): entulho, refugo
• (crap): porcaria

Derived terms

• lixão (augmentative)
• lixinho (diminutive)

Etymology 2

Verb

lixo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of lixar

   Eu lixo minhas unhas.

   I file my nails.