chambergas
Galician
Etymology
From chamberga (“long coat”), after the Chamberga or Royal Guard of Spain, whose popular name -given to them because of the coats they wore- was a corruption of the name of the 17th-century French general Schomberg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃamˈbeɾɣa̝s/
Noun
chambergas m or f (plural chambergas)
- (derogatory) bad dressed person
Related terms
- chamberga
- chambergo
References
- “chamberga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chambergas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chambergas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.