mágoa

See also: magoa

Galician

Etymology

15th century. Perhaps a semi-learned word evolved from Latin macula (“blemish, stain”). Compare Spanish magullar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣo̯a̝/

Noun

mágoa f (plural mágoas)

1. minor injury, wound, or excoriation
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 57:

     garda soude no corpo et nos nenbros do potro Naturalmente et espiçialmente as coixas som llimpas de magooas

     keep the health of the body and the limbs of the foal naturally, specially that the thighs are clean of galls

   Synonyms: mancadela, mancadura

2. shame

   Que mágoa que non veñas! ― It's a shame that you won't come!

3. grief, sorrow

   Synonym: pena

Related terms

• magoar
• magoado
• magoadura

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “magooa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned word taken from Latin macula (“stain, fault”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mangra, and mácula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɣwɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡwɐ/
• Hyphenation: má‧go‧a

Noun

mágoa f (plural mágoas)

1. grief; sorrow
   • 1919, Florbela Espanca, “Este Livro...”, in Livro das Mágoas:

     Este livro é de mágoas. Desgraçados / Que no mundo passais, chorai ao lê-lo! / Somente a vossa dor de Torturados / Pode, talvez, senti-lo... e compreendê-lo.

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2. resentment

Related terms

• magoar