galerna
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Breton gwalarn.
Noun
galerna f (plural galernas)
- a cold, humid northwesterly wind, northwesterly gale
- huddle, mess, trouble, hassle
- Synonyms: xoldra, enliorzada, debaluto, empendangada, trepe, tasqueira, sarillo, enguedello, embrullo
Further reading
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galerna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Breton gwalarn.
Noun
galerna f (plural galernas)
- a cold, humid northwesterly wind, northwesterly gale
Further reading
- “galerna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024