lurpia
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Compare Portuguese lorpa, French lourpidon.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lurpia f (plural lurpias)
- hag, witch
- 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de Diputados:
- Espello de Diputados,
donde se deben mirar
eses lurpias enmeigados,
que quixeren diputar,- Mirror of representatives
where they should watch themselves
those bewitched witches
who would want to represent
- Mirror of representatives
- (derogatory) slut; hag; bitch; meddler
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lurpia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “lurpia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lurpia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN