adiviño

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1350. Back-formation from adiviñar. Compare Spanish adivino.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aðiˈβiɲʊ]

Noun

adiviño m (plural adiviños, feminine adiviña, feminine plural adiviñas)

  1. soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, fortune-teller
    • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, pag. 85:
      por que lle diserõ os adeujnos que avias de morrer ẽna batalla de Troya
      because the soothsayers told you that you would die at the battle of Troy

References

Etymology 2

Verb

adiviño

  1. first-person singular present indicative of adiviñar