lurpia

• lirpia, lorpia

Unknown. Compare Portuguese lorpa, French lourpidon.

• IPA^(key): [ˈluɾpjɐ]

lurpia f (plural lurpias)

1. hag, witch

   Synonyms: bruxa, meiga

   • 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de Diputados:

     Espello de Diputados,
     donde se deben mirar
     eses lurpias enmeigados,
     que quixeren diputar,

     Mirror of representatives
     where they should watch themselves
     those bewitched witches
     who would want to represent

2. (derogatory) slut; hag; bitch; meddler

• lurpiar
• lurpio

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lurpia”, 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), “lurpia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lurpia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN