rabuxento
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From rabuxa (“murrain; mood”) + -ento. Cognate with Portuguese rabugento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rabuˈʃento/ [ra.β̞uˈʃen̪.t̪ʊ]
- Rhymes: -ento
- IPA(key): /rabuˈʃɛnto/ [ra.β̞uˈʃɛn̪.t̪ʊ]
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: ra‧bu‧xen‧to
Adjective
rabuxento (feminine rabuxenta, masculine plural rabuxentos, feminine plural rabuxentas)
- murrained
- (figurative) bad-tempered; crabby
Related terms
- Rabuxenta
- Rebuxento
- Rebuxentos
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rabuxento”, 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), “rabuxento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega