pillabán
See also: pillaban
Galician
Etymology
Perhaps from pillar (“to catch”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piʎaˈβaŋ/
Noun
pillabán m (plural pillabáns, feminine pillabana, feminine plural pillabanas)
- a rogue, a rascal, a trickster, a scoundrel
- Synonyms: moinante, truán, tunante, tuno
Adjective
pillabán m (feminine singular pillabana, masculine plural pillabáns, feminine plural pillabanas)
- cheeky; shrewd
- Synonyms: pícaro, raposeiro
Related terms
- pillar
References
- “pillabán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pillabán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pillabán” 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), “pillar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos