releón

Galician

Alternative forms

• releom, releão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From relear (“to haggle”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /releˈoŋ/ [re.leˈoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: re‧le‧on

Adjective

releón (feminine releona, masculine plural releóns, feminine plural releonas)

1. tenacious; stubborn; obstinate

   Synonyms: porfiado, teimudo

   • c. 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de quintas:

     Pra que vayan á labrar, E que sepan como sabe
     O pan que o demo amasou, E sean mais releons,
     Cando lle os ministros pidan Os mil quinientos millos.

     For them to go to work, and to know how it tastes
     the bread the devil knead, and to be more tenacious [to better haggle]
     when the ministers ask them for a thousand and a half million

Noun

releón m (plural releóns, feminine releona, feminine plural releonas)

1. haggler; reseller

   Synonym: regatón

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “releón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “releón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega