lixo

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Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Cognate with Portuguese lixo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lixo m (plural lixos)

  1. garbage; waste; rubbish; filth; dirt (useless material to be discarded)
    Synonym: sucidade
    • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, 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. speck, fluff
    Synonym: argueiro
  3. rubbish bin (small container for waste)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • lixo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • lixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • lixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • lixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • lixo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • lixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

lixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lixar

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -iʃu
  • Hyphenation: li‧xo

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Cognate with Galician lixo.

Noun[edit]

lixo m (plural lixos)

  1. garbage; waste; rubbish (useless material to be discarded)
    Synonyms: entulho, refugo
  2. rubbish bin, trash can (small container for waste)
    Synonyms: lixeira, lixeiro
    Fiquei muito chocada na França quando não tinha lixo no banheiro.
    I was really shocked in France when there wasn't a trash can in the bathroom.
  3. (colloquial) crap (something of poor quality)
    Synonyms: porcaria, (vulgar) bosta
  4. (figurative, derogatory) rabble (mass of common people)
    Synonym: ralé
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Hunsrik: Lischo

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

lixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lixar

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