polvareda

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pulverēta, collective of *pulvus, pulveres, from Latin pulvis (“powder, dust”).[1] Compare Catalan polseguera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polbaˈɾeda/ [pol.β̞aˈɾe.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eda
  • Syllabification: pol‧va‧re‧da

Noun

polvareda f (plural polvaredas)

  1. dustcloud
  2. (figurative) fuss, hubbub, uproar
    • 2015 September 14, “Mas ironiza sobre las preguntas de la periodista Ana Pastor”, in El País‎[1]:
      La frase no solo provocó polvareda en las redes sociales, sino que ha llegado hasta los mítines de campaña de Junts pel Sí.
      Not only did the phrase cause uproar on social media, it has also even reached the Junts pel Sí campaign meetings.

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “polvareda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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