rubién
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rubio (“reddish”) + -én.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rubién f (plural rubiéns)
- afterglow at dawn or sunset
- (in the plural) reddish clouds at dawn or sunset
- Rubiéns ó mar, vellas a asollar. (proverb)
- Reddish clouds over the sea, old ladies will sunbathe. [In Galicia rain usually comes from the Atlantic ocean, at the west; reddish at the sunset usually means that a centre of high pressure over the Atlantic NE is preventing the rain of reaching Galicia].
- (transitive) to sun
References
[edit]- “rubién” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rubién” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “rubién” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.