miúdo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈuðo̝/

Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

1. small

   Synonym: pequeno

   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.

     Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.

2. smallish

   Synonym: pequeneiro

Related terms

• a miúdo
• miudanza
• miudeza
• polo miúdo

 

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

1. (usually in the plural) child

   Synonyms: meniño, rapaz

2. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)

   Synonym: miudanza

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ˈu.ðu/, /ˈmju.ðu/
• IPA^(key): /mi.ˈu.du/
• IPA^(key): /mi.ˈu.do/
• Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do

Adjective

1. very small

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

Synonyms

• pequeno, minúsculo, diminuto

Antonyms

• grande, graúdo, crescido

Noun

miúdo m (plural s, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

1. (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

Synonyms

• (child): criança, pequeno, rapaz, piá

Noun

miúdo m (plural s)

1. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

Related terms

• amiudado
• amiudar
• miuçalha
• miudagem
• miudalha
• miudamente
• miudar
• miúdas
• miúde
• miudear
• miudeiro
• miudeza
• miudezas

 

Verb

miúdo

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Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miudar.