envolvedor

Attested since 1812. From envolver (“to wrap”) +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): [embolβeˈðoɾ]

envolvedor (feminine envolvedora, masculine plural envolvedores, feminine plural envolvedoras)

1. scheming; who sows discord

   Synonyms: cizañeiro, cizañento

   • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:

     Xâ sabes que â miña casa
     he moi levada o bandallo
     da tia Goras de Rabál,
     aquela gran zalameira,
     embolvedora è embusteira,
     que vive por noso mal:

     You know that my house
     has become quite a calamity
     because of uncle Goras of Rabal,
     that great sweat talker,
     scheming and liar
     that lives to cause us harm

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “envolvedor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “envolvedor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “envolvedor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: en‧vol‧ve‧dor

envolvedor (feminine envolvedora, masculine plural envolvedores, feminine plural envolvedoras)

1. involved
2. engaged