cortello
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1332. From cortella, from Latin cohorticula, diminutive of cohors. Cognate with Spanish cortijo.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈteʎo̝/
Noun
cortello m (plural cortellos)
- pigsty
- small stable or department inside it, specially when destined to pigs, sheep or goats
- Synonym: cortella
- (derogatory, figuratively) untidy and small place
- Fillo, arromba o teu cuarto que está feito un cortello! ― Son, clean you room: it is a pigsty!
Related terms
- corte
- cortella
References
- “cortello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cortello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cortello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cortello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “corte”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos