migalla

Galician

Migallas

Alternative forms

• mincalla (NW Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. Either from Vulgar Latin *micalia, from Latin mīca (“crumb”); or from miga +‎ -alla. Cognate with Portuguese migalha, Spanish migaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɣaʎa̝/

Noun

migalla f (plural migallas)

1. crumb (a small piece which breaks off from baked food)

   Synonym: frangulla

2. crumb (the soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust)

   Synonyms: miga, miolo, rafa

3. (figurativelly) crumb (a bit, small amount)
   • 1298, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1203:

     eu Romeu Domingez me outorgo por ben pagado, que nin migalla non ficou en devedo por pagar

     I, Romeu Dominguez, declare myself well paid, because not even a crumb was left to be paid in debt

   Synonyms: chisca, chisco

References

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