miúdo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [miˈuðʊ]
Adjective
miúdo m (feminine singular miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)
- small
- Synonym: pequeno
- 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
- Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
- Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.
- Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
- smallish
- Synonym: pequeneiro
Related terms
- a miúdo
- miudanza
- miudeza
- polo miúdo
Noun
miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)
- (usually in the plural) child
- Synonyms: meniño, rapaz
- (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)
- Synonym: miudanza
Adverb
miúdo
- lightly
- "Chove forte?" "Chove miúdo!" ― "Is it raining hard?" "No, it rains lightly!"
- Antonyms: forte, gordo
References
- “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “miud” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “miúdo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “miúdo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈu.du/ [mɪˈu.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈu.do/ [mɪˈu.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmju.du/ [ˈmju.ðu]
- Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“to diminish”). Doublet of minuto.
Adjective
miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)
- very small
- Synonyms: pequeno, minúsculo, diminuto
- Antonyms: grande, graúdo, crescido
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.
Noun
miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)
- (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child
- Synonyms: criança, pequeno, rapaz, piá
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.
Noun
miúdo m (plural miúdos)
- (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.
Related terms
- amiudado
- amiudar
- miuçalha
- miudagem
- miudalha
- miudamente
- miudar
- miúdas
- miúde
- miudear
- miudeiro
- miudeza
- miudezas
Verb
miúdo
- first-person singular present indicative of miudar
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:miudar.