baraxa

playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)


bilordiu

Les sos platicaúres nun yeran més ca bilordios.

Their conversations were nothing more than idle prattle


barómetru

barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure)


cabuercu

Nel cabuercu óinse les muyeris colos sos tsañíos

At the grave we can hear the women with their ritual wails


calorímetru

(physics) calorimeter (apparatus for measuring amount of heat)


ballesta

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

crossbow (mechanised weapon based on the bow)


brillu

shine (brightness from a source of light)


calcañu d'Aquiles

Achilles heel (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation)


bondá

(uncountable) goodness (state or characteristic of being good)


canibalismu

cannibalism (act of eating another of one's own species)


cartílagu

(anatomy) cartilage (dense connective tissue)


belladona

deadly nightshade
deadly nightshade#English

Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna#Translingual


calorimetría

(physics) calorimetry (the scientific discipline)


calígrafu

calligrapher (one who practices calligraphy)


capitalismu

(politics) capitalism (socio-economic system based on private property rights)


causticidá

causticity (the quality of being caustic)


caxa fuerte

safe (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)


cero absolutu

(physics) absolute zero (coldest possible temperature)


coleicionista

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coleicionista m or f (plural coleicionistes)

collector (person or thing that collects)


cerebru

[θeˈɾe.β̞ɾu]


carruaxe

carriage (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)


cubu

(geometry) cube (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces)

(mathematics) cube (arithmetic: number raised to the third power)


decibeliu

decibel (a common measure of sound intensity)


descubrimientu

descubrimientu m (plural descubrimientos)


descansu

rest, break (relief from exertion; state of quiet and recreation)


destierru

exile (the state of being banished from one's home or country)


desllealtá

(uncountable) disloyalty (quality of being disloyal)


coríu

duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

La carni coríu xíntase a vegaes.


dedón

From an augmentative of deu. Compare Venetian dedón.


democracia participativa

participatory democracy
participatory democracy#English

participatory democracy (political system)


coraxe

courage (quality of a confident character)


distraición

Borrowed from Latin distractiō, distractiōnem.


dislexa

(neurology, pathology) dyslexia (learning disability)


ecólogu

ecologist (a scientist who studies ecology)


electromagnetismu

electromagnetismu m (plural electromagnetismos)


encarcelamientu

encarcelamientu m (plural encarcelamientos)

imprisonment (being forced to serve a sentence in a jail or prison)


divorciu

divorce (legal dissolution of a marriage)


embaxada

From Old Occitan ambaissada, from Late Latin ambactia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish ambactus.

embassy (organization representing a foreign state)


emerxencia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, emergentem.

emergency (situation requiring urgent assistance)


enguedeyu

[ẽŋ.ɡeˈð̞e.ʝu]


entonación

(linguistics) intonation (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)


espiritualidá

espiritualidá f (plural espiritualidaes)

spirituality (concern for what is unseen and intangible)


espontaneidá

(uncountable) spontaneity (the quality of being spontaneous)


esclavitú

slavery (institution or practice of owning human beings)


exércitu

army (military force concerned mainly with ground operations)


fesoria

From fossoria, substantive of fossorius.


fieltru

felt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool)


ferre palomberu

peregrine falcon
peregrine falcon#English


filósofu

philosopher (person devoted to studying philosophy)


fraxilidá

fragility (condition or quality of being fragile)


floreru

vase (container used mainly for displaying flowers)


fotómetru

(physics) photometer (measuring instrument)


fonólogu

(linguistics) phonologist (person who specializes in phonology)


fraternidá

brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)


fusu horariu

time zone (range of longitudes where a common standard time is used)


galvanómetru

(physics) galvanometer (device to detect electric current)


garfiella

ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle)


halóxenu

(chemistry) halogen (any element of group 7)


herpetólogu

herpetologist (one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist)


guitarreru

guitarist (person playing or performing on the guitar)


hidruru

(chemistry) hydride (compound of hydrogen)


hábitu

habit (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)


humedanza

humidity (dampness, especially that of the air)


higrómetru

(meteorology) hygrometer (instrument that measures humidity)


hixene

hygiene (conditions and practices that promote and preserve health)


herederu

From Latin hērēditārius, from hēres (“heir”).

heir (one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another)


fueyu

From Latin fovea, with a change in gender or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *foveum. Compare Galician foxo, Portuguese fojo, Spanish hoyo.


impopularidá

unpopularity (property or degree of being unpopular)


homicidiu

homicide (the killing of one person by another)


inestabilidá

(uncountable) instability (quality of being unstable)


infidelidá

infidelity (unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation)


golondra

Compare Spanish golondrina. Ultimately from Latin hirundō. Cf. also the Asturian synonym andarina.


furacán

From Spanish huracán, the onset f- instead of h- is due to analogy with words like faba (Spanish haba) or fumu (Spanish humo).


guerra fría

cold war (a period of hostile relations)


entrevistador

entrevistador m (plural entrevistadores)


fotocopiadora

photocopier (machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates)


góndola

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, literally “little tail”).


informalidá

informality (condition of being informal)


inmortalidá

immortality (condition of not being susceptible to death)


franquista

Franquist (supporter of Francisco Franco)


inorancia

ignorance (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)


inxenieru

engineer (person qualified or professionally engaged in engineering)


isótopu

(physics) isotope (atoms of the same element having a different number of neutrons)


llavandería

launderette (place with facilities for washing that public may use)


llealtá

loyalty (the state of being loyal; fidelity)


llimpiaparabrís

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llimpiaparabrís m (plural llimpiaparabrís)

windshield wiper
windshield wiper#English

windshield wiper (device to clear a windshield)


llande

From Latin glandem, accusative singular of glans.


llavandera

From llavanderu, from Late Latin lavandārius, or from French lavandière. Compare Portuguese lavandeira, Spanish lavandera.


llingüística

linguistics (scientific study of language)


matapioyos

mata (“kills”) + pioyos (“lice”). Compare Galician matapiollos, Venetian masapeoci.


miembru

member (one who officially belongs to a group)


monasteriu

monastery (place of residence for members of a religious community)


músicu

musician (person who performs or writes music)


mármole

From Latin marmor, marmore, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).


númberu romanu

Roman numeral (a numeral represented by letters)


navaya

From Vulgar Latin *navac(u)la, from Latin novacula (“razor”).


ornitorrincu

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus#Translingual


monxa

Coordinate term: monxu

nun (member of a Christian religious community of women)


paleontólogu

paleontologist (one who studies paleontology)


panaderu

baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)


oncólogu

(oncology) oncologist (one who specialises in oncology)


misioneru

missionary (person traveling to spread a religion)


peñera

sieve (device to separate larger objects)


perlla

pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)


periodismu

journalism (activity or profession of being a journalist)


pelegrinación

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pelegrinación f (plural pelegrinaciones)

pilgrimage (religious journey, or one to a sacred place)


pigmentu

(biology) pigment (any color in plant or animal cells)


pexe espada

Xiphias gladius
Xiphias gladius#Translingual


perífrasis

periphrasis (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one)


pesadiella

nightmare (a very bad or frightening dream)


xoyeru

jeweler (a person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry)


pubertá

puberty (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction)


plásmidu

plasmid (circle of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes)


politeísmu

polytheism (belief in the existence of many gods)


por cientu

percent (a part or other object per hundred)


preservativu

condom (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)


páncrees

(anatomy) pancreas (gland near the stomach)


pronome rellativu

relative pronoun
relative pronoun#English

(grammar) relative pronoun (pronoun that introduces a relative clause)


razonamientu

reasoning (action of the verb 'to reason')


raquitismu

(pathology) rickets (disorder of infancy)


predestinación

predestinación f (plural predestinaciones)


propiedá

Borrowed from Latin prōprietās, prōprietātem.

property (attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept)


remordimientu

remorse (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning)


reposu

rest (relief from exertion; state of quiet and recreation)


sistema circulatoriu

circulatory system
circulatory system#English


semeyanza

semeyar + -anza. Compare Spanish semejanza, Gallician semellanza, Portuguese semelhança.


suxetividá

subjectivity (state of being subjective)


terciu

third (one of three equal parts of a whole)


taxímetru

taximeter (a device in a taxicab that calculates the fare)


termolletricidá

(physics) thermoelectricity (physics: direct conversion of heat into electricity)


trotskismu

Trotskyism (the political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky)


trompeteru

trumpeter (person who plays the trumpet)


sustancia gris

(neuroanatomy) grey matter (collection of cell bodies)


usuariu

(computing) user (person who uses a computer)


tímpanu

eardrum (membrane separating outer and middle ears)


septentrión

Borrowed from Latin septentrio, septentrionem.


teólogu

From Latin theologus, from Ancient Greek θεολόγος (theológos).


términu

term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge)


terrorismu

terrorism (use of terror as a means of coercion)


rodiella

From Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).


sobacu

Of uncertain or obscure origin; compare Spanish sobaco, Galician sobaco, Portuguese sovaco.


tisories

Plural of tisoria from Latin (ferramente) tonsorĭa, from tonsus. Compare Spanish tijera, Galician tesoiras, Portuguese tesoura, Catalan tisores. The -i- may be explained due to influence from Old French cisoires, ciseaux.


teoloxía

From Latin theologia, from Ancient Greek θεολογία (theología).

theology (study of God, or a god, or gods)


tetrarquia

tetrarchy (an empire that was ruled by four rulers)


vacalloria

stag beetle (large beetle in family Lucanidae)


velea

nightmare (a very bad or frightening dream)


venezolanu

Venezuelan (person from Venezuela or of Venezuelan descent)


vidriu

From Latin vitreum (“glassy, glass-”). Cognate with Spanish vidrio (“glass”).


xacintu

hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)


xeroglíficu

hieroglyph (element of ideographic writing system)


xampiñón

Agaricus bisporus
Agaricus bisporus#Translingual


xungla

jungle (large, undeveloped, humid forest)


yelmu

helmet (protective head covering in armour)


xunta xeneral

parliament (an elected political institution)


ádene

avalanche (large sliding mass of snow and ice)


vómitu

vomit (regurgitated former contents of a stomach)


xenocidiu

genocide (systematic killing of substantial numbers of people)


nerbatu

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual

blackbird (a common true thrush, Turdus merula)


ángulu

(geometry) angle (measure of such a figure)

angle (corner where two walls intersect)


zoolóxicu

zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)


xarrón

vase (container used mainly for displaying flowers)


ánxel

From Late Latin angelus (probably a borrowing), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).


xiz

chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)


xusteza

From xusto + -eza, or from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia. Compare Portuguese and Spanish justeza, Catalan and Occitan justesa, French justesse, Italian giustezza, Friulian justece. See also xusticia.


xefe

Borrowed from French chef. Compare Spanish jefe.


xusticia

Borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia. Cf. also xusteza.


xunque

From Latin incūs, incūdem. Compare Spanish yunque.


agüeldu

Los cusos tienin bon agüeldu.


casadiella

A pastry from Asturias, made of wheat flour, anisette, sugar and hazelnuts or walnuts.

queisadieḷḷa

Teberga, Somiedu, Cangas del Narcea, Allande


llingüística hestórica

historical linguistics
historical linguistics#English


tenllera

[t̪ẽɲˈʎe.ɾa]

From a derivative of Latin tempus, tempora, cf. the Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la.


banzáu

[…] ; riégase con agua d’un banzáu.

María Esther García López, Toponimia: Valdés, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 9

[…] ; it is irrigated with water from an irrigation canal.

an irrigation canal with water diverted from a river

L’oxetivu del banzáu que se fai nel ríu yía embalsar l’augua (chámase tamién banzáu a la masa d’augua que s’axunta pola mor de la paré de piedra).
The point of the diversion dam built in a river is to dam the water (the mass of water that collects because of the stone wall is also called banzáu).

Roberto González-Quevedo González, L’espaciu agrariu en Palacios del Sil, in 2002, Cultures, 11, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 356


ayalga

Tres homes diben xuntos al mesmu llugar y na metada’l camín atoparon una ayalga debaxo unes piedres.

2007, Marta Mori d'Arriba, María Prieto Grande, Xeres y Xuegos de Llingua Oral (pa Educación Secundaria y Bachilleratu), Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 123

Three men were going to the same place together and in middle of the way found a hidden treasure under some rocks.

2006, Informe sobre la fala o gallego-asturiano: una perspectiva histórica, social y lingüística, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 11

Aspects such as the roofs of some buildings made with plants, farmwork in the vineyard, kitchen hearths, the mythology of ayalgues and xanes and even gastronomic elements such as the olio and empanadas are being used in articles and publications by some Galician scholars as probative elements of this supposed border of Galicianness in the river Navia.

Aspeutos como los de les cubiertes vexetales de delles construcciones, la llabranza de les viñes, los llares, la mitoloxía d’ayalgues y xanes y hasta, mesmamente, elementos gastronómicos como’l pote o la empanada vienen siendo usaos n’artículos y publicaciones de dellos estudiosos gallegos como elementos probatorios d’esa pretendida frontera de la galleguidá nel ríu Navia.

(Asturian mythology) a nymph who guards underwater treasures


penada

con so xarra i penada;

1843, Juan Junquera Huergo, Llos Trabayos de Chinticu, archived from the original on 2024-07-16:


complementos direutos

complementu direutu
complementu direutu#Asturian


complementos indireutos

complementu indireutu
complementu indireutu#Asturian


comunidaes autónomes

comunidá autónoma
comunidá autónoma#Asturian


duviachu

Nel prau hai unos duviachos que reparten l’augua perfeutamente por tol prau.

Roberto González-Quevedo, La yerba en Palacios de Sil in 1997, Cultures, volume 7, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 339

In the field there are some canals that distribute the water perfectly throughout the entire field.

(agriculture, Palacios del Sil) an irrigation canal


pericote

El Corri-Corri y el Pericote son espresiones vives entovía y pures, del mundu remotu nel que remanecieron.

1983, Corsino García Gutiérrez, Adulces, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 19:

The Corri-Corri and the Pericote are practices that are still alive and pure, from the remote world where they have remained.


asturfalante

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asturfalante m or f (plural asturfalantes)


cocineru

From Vulgar Latin *coquīnārium, or a later formation corresponding to cocina + -eru.


faílla

Cayse-y la faílla la tiesta a modo ñevi.


xuramentu

From Late Latin jūrāmentum, iūrāmentum (“oath”), from Latin iūrō. Equivalent to xurar + -mentu.


afiáu

Tu nun tuviste ehí cuando bautizorin-y l'afiáu mio

You weren't there when my godson was baptized


aguamala

agua + mala, said because of the lesions its tentacles can cause, from Latin malus.


llexos

Borrowed from Spanish lejos. Compare native forms lloñe and llonxe.


forqueta

a forked wooden post used to support the branches of fruit trees


valtu

Güei entá se puen ver dalgunos xuegos rurales, como’l tiru cuerda, les carreres con madreñes o con llecheres, la tronza de troncos o’l valtu, […]

2008, Xeitu, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 257:

Even today one can see some rural games, such as rope throw, the races with clogs or with milkjugs, the log cutting or wrestling, […]

a traditional form of wrestling of Asturias


avenencia

Co la cabeza fexoi avenencia , como quien diz : - "facéi lo que sopliques"

1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, Hero y Lleandro:

With his head he agreed, as if to say: - "do what you ask for"

yo bome per isi mundu aú me fagan abenencia,

1843, Juan Junquera Huergo, Llos Trabayos de Chinticu:

me, I'm leaving for this word where they agree with me


moscón

someone from Grado (municipality in Asturias)


cuadonguismu

From Cuadonga + -ismu, after the Battle of Covadonga.

Falábase nél del mitu del cuadonguismo, […]

1994, Xabiero Cayarga, El boleru de Xabel, Llibrería Académica, page 19:

In it they talked about the myth of the Covadongism, […]

Yá nos primeros exemplares de la sección³⁶ abórdase’l mitu del cuadonguismu con sentíu críticu, […]

Xuan Ignaciu Llope, L’oirde del discursu. Un averamientu al ensayu n’asturianu (1975-2000) in 2003, Actes del I Conceyu Internacional de Lliteratura Asturiana, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, pages 370

By the first volumes of the section³⁶, the myth of Covadongism is addressed critically, […]

the notion that the Kingdom of Asturias is the precursor of modern Spain


compangu

[…] y lo que ta claro ye que pa comer bones fabes el compangu tien que ser bono.

Xosé María García Sánchez, El gochu y los matanzos en Caldones (Xixón) in Cultures, volume 9, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, pages 131-132

[…] and what is clear is that, in order to eat good beans, the meats have to be good.

fabada asturiana
fabada asturiana#English


xiringüelu

Sal a bailar buena moza / menéate resalada / que la sal del mundu tienes / y nun la menees nada, / que la sal del mundu tienes / y nun la menees nada. / Baila xiringüelu, xiringüelu, / xiringüelu, / baila xiringüelu, xiringüelu / y nada más. / Baila xiringüelu. xiringüelu, / Xiringüelu. / baila xiringüelu, xiringüelu / y nada más.

unknown, Popular song (lyrics and music), “El Xiringüelu”:

A popular dance from Asturias, especially in Pravia


fiesta de prau

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fiesta de prau f (plural fiestes de prau)


altor

Neles montañes d'Asturies hai puebros de muncha altor.

In the mountains of Asturias, there are villages at a great altitude.


amagüestu

A traditional party in Asturias and Galicia, in which chestnuts are eaten


braña

pasture; meadowland (especially a summertime pasture)

mountain settlement populated by vaqueiros d'alzada during summer or winter, composed of houses with thatch roofs called teitos


llagar

a vat in which grapes or apples are pressed for the production of wine or cider

Con pan tienru e na masera / y sidre aneya en llagar / bona llacuada t’espera / y bon sabrosu pasar.

building or construction which contains this vat


xostra

dirt that comes off from somewhere or snow that falls from a roof


untu

From Latin unctum (“ointment; savory dish”).


freba

Ye vieyu pero tien entá frebes pa siguir.

He is old but he still has strength to continue.

(in the plural) strength, willpower (to continue)


alderique

Tuvieron un alderique sobre l'esistencia los estraterrestris

They had a discussion about the existence of aliens


vascuenciu

vascuenciu m (feminine vascuencia, masculine plural vascuencios, feminine plural vascuencies)

vascuencia (feminine)
vascuencios (masculine plural)
vascuencies (feminine plural)


sacaúntos

From sacar (“to extract”) + untu (“fat”). Compare Spanish sacamantecas and Galician sacaúntos.

(Asturian mythology) bogeyman (an evil being used to scare children, usually vampiresque like)


valume

From Latin volumen, compare borrowing volume.


amenorgamientu

amenorgamientu m (plural amenorgamientos)


lleite

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of lleche


fierru

From Old Leonese fierru, from Latin ferrum.


polmón

From Latin pulmō, pulmōnem (“lung”), possibly borrowed.


ixuxú

mil y mil ixuxús llancien al vientu.

1872, Teodoro Cuesta, A la memoria de Don Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, en el aniversario de su natalicio:

a thousand and a thousand hurrahs they cry into the wind.

Y echar un ixuxús

1925, Fabriciano González García, Maruxina:

ixuxús de los rapazos y cantares de les moces,

1944, Constantino Cabal, Ena lluz melanconiosa:

hurrahs from the boys and songs from the girls


fogaza

From Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Cf. Spanish hogaza.


xunión civil

xunión civil f (plural xuniones civiles)


xunión

Latin ūniō, ūniōnis, with contamination form xunto (“joined”)


mostayo

From unattested Vulgar Latin *mustagium extension of Latin mustum (“must”), because of the berries being stored in must or tasting of wine. See Arabic مُشْتَهَى (muštahā) for cognates.

Sorbus spp., especially Sorbus aria (common whitebeam), now Aria edulis.


mandarinal

From mandarina (“mandarin orange (fruit)”) + -al.


flonda

From Vulgar Latin *flunda, metathesis of an earlier form *fundla, a contraction of *fundula, diminutive of Latin funda (“sling”). Compare Italian fionda.


aldu

knowledge of the roads and paths, orientation


anfibiu

From Latin amphibius, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). Cognates include Italian anfibio and Spanish anfibio.


principiu

From Latin prīncipium. Compare Spanish principio, Portuguese princípio, Catalan principi.


bezu

Unknown, but possibly from Celtic. Cognate with Spanish bezo, Galician beizo and Portuguese beiço.


irresponsabilidá

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irresponsabilidá f (plural irresponsabilidaes)


albuertu

Alternative form of albortu (“abortion”)


gochada

¡Faimi unes gochaes, mocina!


lleña

lleñe

Llanes, Ribesella, Cabranes, Samartín del Rei Aurelio


cenciellez

[θẽn̟.θjeˈʎeθ]


gadañu

Probably from Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”). Compare Galician gadaña, Portuguese gadanha, Spanish guadaña.


cencerru

Borrowed from Basque zinzerri (“animal bell”).


ensayu

From Late Latin exagium, from Latin exigō.


cangués

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cangués m sg (feminine singular canguesa, masculine plural cangueses, feminine plural cangueses)

canguesa (feminine singular)
cangueses (masculine plural)
cangueses (feminine plural)


horru

granary, especially an isolated, rectangular, wooden or rock building supported by columns, characteristic of Asturias and typically used to store grain or other agricultural produce.


romeru

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


arguyu

Borrowed through Spanish or directly from Catalan orgull, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, of Germanic origin.


teunocracia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) + -κρατία (-kratía).


buolu

(Grau, Pola Vieya, Pravia, Candamu) Alternative form of güelu


neutrín

neutrino (en elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge)


esbardu

La cría'l osu llámase esbardu

The offspring of the bear is called an esbardu


esguil

From Vulgar Latin scuriolus, diminutive of scurius, variant of Latin sciurus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).


mestrón

L'arna'l castañu y la ocla empléguenles los mestrones per Perlora.

The bark of the chestnut tree and a certain kind of seaweed are used by the traditional healers in Perlora


facisca

Les facisques facíense cola escoba, poro nuémanles tamíen escobies en dellos dialeutos

Brooms used to be made with the escoba plant (Ruscus spp.), which is why they are called escobies in some dialects.


rensior

rensior (canonical feminine)
rensioris (canonical)
rensiores (plural)

Abonda rensior tienin dellos pregueros escontra los ḷḷobos

Some shepherds have a lot of hatred for wolves


suétanu

From Latin subtus. Compare Spanish sótano (“cellar”).


bisarma

El cuélebre ye una bisarma con traza de viérbene
The cuélebre is a monster with the shape of a snake


contrabaxu

contrabaxos (plural)
contrabaxos (plural)

Blend of contra (“against”) + baxu (“low”), ultimately derived from Italian contrabbasso.


flexón

(grammar) inflection, modification of a word's form


cerecéu

[θe.ɾeˈθøu̯]


berenxenal

From berenxena (“aubergine”) + -al. Compare Spanish berenjenal.


manzorga

[mãn̟ˈθoɾ.ɣ̞a]


muegu

(Eastern Asturias) Alternative form of muergu


diversidá

diversity (The quality of being diverse)


apéndiz

(masculine) appendix (a text added to the end of a book or an article)


aconceyamientu

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aconceyamientu m (plural aconceyamientos)


diente de lleón

diente de lleón m (plural dientes de lleón)


dientes de lleón

diente de lleón
diente de lleón#Asturian


forgaxu

wood residues left as a result of splitting firewood


abellugu

Uncertain; possibly from Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 (haribairgō) ("lodging"), from 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis) ("army") and 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 (bairgan) ("to lodge"), compare Spanish albergue.


mayador

mayador m sg (feminine singular mayadora, masculine plural mayadoros, feminine plural mayadores)

mayadora (feminine singular)
mayadoros (masculine plural)
mayadores (feminine plural)

A crusher or grinder (especially a crusher of apples to make cider)


abeḷḷugu

[aˌβ̞eð̞ˈ͡su.ɣ̞u]


xerigonza

Hoi los mozos canten cantares extraños,
fediendo a extranxeru.
Una xerigonza que nin Dios la entiende,
nin el diañu mesmu,

1969, Luis Aurelio Álvarez, Guía poética de Mieres (poem), La Quintana Perdía:


andecha

Group of people working together on a project or job.

n'andecha

Si t ' afayes en mio andecha

1887, Xosé Caveda y Nava, Los namoraos de l'aldea:

Porque una vez n' andecha,

1921, Enrique García Rendueles, Na muerte de D. Angel Cifuentes, archived from the original on 2024-07-16:

nin mayanza nin andecha,

1926, Pepín de Pría, Nel y Flor, Los dos rapazos:

Collective work, collective work that the inhabitants of a village do for the benefit of the village as a whole


cuellu

Trayo'l neñu en cuellu


señaldá

From Latin singularitas. Cognate with Galician señardade and Mirandese senhardade.


señardá

tener señardá de daqué

wistfulness, melancholy, nostalgia, longing; the feeling of missing something or someone


comiciu

Dieron fabes nel comiciu de les fiestes.

(literally, “They gave beans in the party dining room.”)


glayu

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


fumeru

¡Qué fumeru hai equí con too esti fumu!

What a smoky place is here with all this smoke!

place full of smoke, place where people smoke


péritu

(in mining) an expert with a title below engineering


blima

thin and flexible stick used to make baskets


canciu

From Latin cantiō, cantiōnem. Cf. Spanish canción.


chirlotu

Furó un furacu nes tuberíes y salió un chirlotu augua

(literally, “He/She dug a hole in the pipelines and came out a jet water”)

He/She dug a hole in the pipelines and a jet of water came out


furabollos

From furar + bollu, literally “bun-piercer”.

— Pa correr yá tan los axentes d'uniforme. Ellos son el músculu y los detectives somos el celebru d'esti negociu — afirma apuntando col furabollos a la vidaya.

2019, Francisco Álvarez, Pasaxeres de la nueche, La Ciudá Negra:

"The uniformed cops do the running. They're the muscle and us detectives are the brains of this business", he stated, pointing to his temple with his index finger.


palu de mesana

palu de mesana m (plural palos de mesana)


pixuetu

Asturian dialect spoken by the sailors of Cudillero


pouya

(Southern Western Asturias) Alternative form of panoya


ximielgu

From Latin gemellus, from geminus. Cf. Spanish gemelo.


xilecu

Perhaps from archaic Italian giulecco, which is from Turkish yelek. Compare Spanish chaleco, English gilet and Portuguese jaleco.


filandangu

Atopé esti vieyu filandangu en suelu mio casa

I found this old rag on my house's floor


migaya

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīcācula, diminutive from Latin mīca (“crumb”). Synchronically miga + -aya.

(in the plural) bread made with milk and topped with butter and sugar


paxarina

From páxaru. Compare Mirandese paixarina.


esceicionalidá

esceicionalidá f (plural esceicionalidaes)


venín

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum. Compare Old Spanish venino.


gurrión

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, possibly derived from Basque gorri (“red”). See Spanish gorrión.


llercia

Unknown. Cognate with Galician lercia. Xosé Lluis García Arias proposes in his Propuestes Etimolóxiques (Etymological Proposals) that it may come from a normalized participle of Latin erigere with the definite article l' being added to the word and eventually palatizing, Old Spanish erzer, which gives archaic Spanish ercer, would have a similar evolution but without the article, if so it would be a doublet of erguer and arrechu.

Tengo-y muncha llercia

Canciamos p'alloñar la llercia

Toda mió esplicativa ye muy poca / Para decer la llercia que sentigo [...] Que de llercia y dolor l' alma i allancia / Ve la toca sangrienta y les pisades

1600's, Antón de Marirreguera (disputed), Píramo y Tisbe:

All of my explaining it's very little / To say the fear that I feel … That out of fear and pain the soul throws him, / See the bloody batten and the footprints

Los páxaros, mudos, / nel picu la llercia, / nin canten, nin blinquen, / ni esnalen de pena.

The birds, mute / in their beck the fear / they neither sing, nor jump / nor do they fly out of sadness

Topélu arriba, na «Central», ente'l ruxir d'aquelles maquinones que me daben tanta llercia. [...] Y sentí llercia otra vegada: la llercia lo venidero. Y yera mayu.

1988, Carlos Rubiera, Cuentos de bona oreya:

I found him above, in the "Central", among the roar of those big machines that scared me so much. … And I felt fear again: the fear of what's to come. And it was may.

pal casu quedaríame coles mios peñes y sinón, la mar que nunca enxamás viere dábame llercia. [...] Cuandu lu vio de cerca, la llercia tarazó-y el sen al nuesu Xuan y sólo pudo sirvir yá comu cebera pal cuélebre y non pa munchu tiempu.

1994, Héctor García Gil, El cuélebre'l faéu, Lletres Asturianes 52:

for that matter I'd stay with my rocks and if not, the sea that never ever seeing it scared me. … When he saw it close up, the fear destroyed his sense to our Xuan (John) and he could only serve then as food for the cuélebre and not for long.

una d'eses descamisaes qu'aguarden a los sos homes nes puertes de les cárceles, muertes de fríu y llercia, [...] ¡Sentirán llercia! Ye la pallabra, señorita. [...] ¡La llercia! ¿Qué ye? ¿Nun sintió enxamás vusté tala llercia? ¿Nin agora? [...] nun cuartón xeláu, infernal, llega a sentir llercia y ablandiase, alloráu, poles alcordances.

one of those shirtless ones that wait for their husbands at the prisons' doors, dead of cold and fear. … They'll fear! It's the word, lady. … Fear! What is it? Haven't you never felt that fear? Not even now? … in a frozen dungeon, hellish, he feels fear and he softens, dazed, because of the memories

mythological being used to scare children


ḥuente

(Eastern Asturian) Alternative form of fonte


xinoyu

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. See Catalan genoll, Portuguese joelho, Mirandese zinolho, Galician xeonllo and Occitan genolh.
Displaced by rodiya, borrowing from Spanish rodilla, it's found only in old dictionaries and texts (Junquera Huergo, Julio Somoza and Antonio García Oliveros) but not nowadays, as such it doesn't appear on the modern Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana.


freixuelu

(Grau, Cangas del Narcea, Tinéu) Alternative form of frixuelu


frixuolu

(Northern Grau, Pravia) Alternative form of frixuelu


franxuelu

(Pravia, Cuideiru) Alternative form of frixuelu


enḥotu

(Eastern Asturian) Alternative form of enfotu


enfoto

(Carreño, Lluanco, Xixón) Alternative form of enfotu


fayuelu

from a formation from Latin folia (“leaf”), (*foliolam "similar to a leaf")

a type of fried crepe, thicker and more compact than the frixuelu, traditional in Asturian carnival (antroxu)


esfoto

(Western Asturian) Alternative form of enfotu


ḥae

(Cangues d'Onís) Alternative form of faya


enfutu

(Ḷḷena, Mieres, Llangréu) Alternative form of enfotu


ḥayéu

(Eastern Asturian) Alternative form of fayéu


casoiru

(Western Asturian) Alternative form of casoriu


faéu

(Quirós, Teberga, Somiedu, Pravia) Alternative form of fayéu


ḥaya

(Eastern Asturian) Alternative form of faya


papuela

(Central Asturias) Alternative form of mapola


fayéu

From faya, or from Vulgar Latin *fāgētum, from Latin fāgus. Compare Spanish hayedo.


feletsu

(Tinéu, Teberga) Alternative form of felechu


ḥelechu

(Eastern Asturias) Alternative form of felechu


feleitu

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of felechu


papola

(Ḷḷena, Llanes, Palacios del Sil) Alternative form of mapola


cuitu

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of cuchu


cutsu

(Teberga, Quirós, Miranda) Alternative form of cuchu


felechu

from Latin filictum (“fernbrake”), from filix (“fern”). Compare Spanish helecho, Friulian felet, Galician fieito, and Portuguese feto.


choscu

a cured sausage from Asturias, made from pig intestines, solomillo and spices


puerte

(Eastern Asturias) Alternative form of puerta


cristoloxía

From Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós) + -loxía.


ḷḷeitse

(Quirós, Teberga) Alternative form of lleche


ḷḷeite

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of lleche


cheite

(Valdés, with cheísmo) Alternative form of lleche


lleiche

(Miranda, Salas) Alternative form of lleche


sacaveira

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of sacavera


llacón

From Latin lacca (“tumor found in horses' legs”) + -ón.


sacavera

Unknown, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *sevandīlia. Cognate with Galician sacabeira.


paxareiru

head

paxareiru m sg (feminine singular paxareira, neuter singular paxareiro, masculine plural paxareiros, feminine plural paxareires)

paxareira (feminine singular)
paxareiro (neuter singular)
paxareiros (masculine plural)
paxareires (feminine plural)

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of paxareru


xacíu

Nun tien xacíu nengún


paxareru

person who wears clothes of striking and bright colors

Siempre viste un paxellu de colorinos, ye una paxarera

She always wears a colorful dress, she is a cheerful person


buonu

buonu m sg (feminine singular buona, neuter singular buono, masculine plural buonos, feminine plural buones)

buona (feminine singular)
buono (neuter singular)
buonos (masculine plural)
buones (feminine plural)

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of bonu


güen

güen m sg (feminine singular güena, neuter singular güeno, masculine plural güenos, feminine plural güenes)

güena (feminine singular)
güeno (neuter singular)
güenos (masculine plural)
güenes (feminine plural)


güenu

güenu m sg (feminine singular güena, neuter singular güeno, masculine plural güenos, feminine plural güenes)

(Eastern Asturias, Cantabrian) Alternative form of bonu


buenu

buenu m sg (feminine singular buena, neuter singular bueno, masculine plural buenos, feminine plural buenes)

buena (feminine singular)
bueno (neuter singular)
buenos (masculine plural)
buenes (feminine plural)


berriu

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Galician berro and Breton beler.

Los berrios dexen les manes puerques


cadarma

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin cadaverem, possible doublet of cadabre. Compare Galician cadarme.


reciella

Tenía madre, casa / tierruques, reciella... / entrós en mio cuerpu la fame del oro / y vine a l’América. [...] / A buscar fertuna / vine pa l’América / y... atrás la dexaba con madre, tierruques / y casa y reciella!!

1850s-1920(?), Bernardo Acevedo y Huelves, Ceguera:

De par en par los que te aclaman tantu; / Adispón, en pa'l vieyu y so reciella / Un sitiu esclariadín n'el to somantu,/ Y par'esti to fíu, cabo to sía, / Atroca un rinconín. ¡Virxen María!

1889, Teodoro Cuesta, A mió má la d'el cielu:

La demanda ente la reciella y l'interés de la empresa editora de Los Bolechas nel doblaxe de temporaes nueves de la serie choquen cola falta d'enfotu por parte de la RTPA. Lo que sí llegará próximamente son llibros nuevos de los personaxes. [...] De momentu, la reciella ha de conformase cola reposición de la primer temporada, que l'ente públicu de comunicación tien previsto facer en feches próximes.

2016 February 7, Pablo R. Guardado, “La reciella nagua por Los Bolechas pero la TPA nun programa temporaes nueves”, in Asturies.com:

the kids (in general), the local children


ḷḷerza

(Western Asturias) Alternative form of llercia


estantín

[es̪.t̪ãn̪ˈt̪ĩŋ]


istantín

[is̪.t̪ãn̪ˈt̪ĩŋ]


botiellu

Inherited from Latin botellus. Compare Spanish botillo, Galician botelo and Portuguese butelo.

a kind of blood sausage made from the large intestine

cured meat dish, made from bits of pig meat stuffed inside a pig's cecum


cogüelmu

quantity (of something) that is too much (for a measure)


asuelu

El dineru que gastes en quesu ye un asuelu

The milk you spend in cheese is excessive


casa Dios

Perdióse en casa Dios

He/She got lost in the middle of nowhere

the middle of nowhere
the middle of nowhere

(idiomatic) the sticks, the middle of nowhere, arse end of nowhere


carboneru

person who sells and delivers coal or charcoal


casa conceyu

From casa (house) and conceyu (municipality, council).


tiñosu

rascasse, red scorpionfish, black scorpionfish


llambeculos

(derogatory) flatterer, adulator, sycophant


llambiatu

(derogatory) sweet-toothed, having a sweet tooth (fond of sweets)

(derogatory) greedy, gluttonous (given to excessive eating)


ḥuego

(Eastern) Alternative form of fueu (“fire”).


corón

knife for stabbing and bleeding an animal (especially a pig)


balagar

large haystack, with a pole through its centre

Llavé un balagar ropa


vaqueirada

a folk music genre from Asturias, typical of the vaqueiros d'alzada, quick and usually accompanied by one or various tambourines (pandera) or other small instruments (such as cuyares)


asturianada

Vicente Díaz y Joaquín Pixán son nomaos cantores d'asturianaes
Vicente Díaz and Joaquín Pixán are famous asturianada singers

A traditional folk song genre from Asturias, sung by a vocalist and usually accompanied by one bagpipe


gochera

pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)


vaqueru

→ Spanish: vaqueiros de alzada

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.

inh+

a person who practices transhumance, residing at the braña (a temporary village up on the mountains) during summer and comes down to the valleys in winter

someone who's part of the vaqueiros d'alzada


güestia

(Asturian mythology) night procession of ghosts or lost souls, similar to the Galician santa compaña and Castilian estantigua.


cordobeyu

(Asturian mythology) an undefined fictitious animal or fish that can only be hunted at night, often used to prank new hunters or children

(derogatory) an uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, clumsy, stupid person


mofu

Cognate with Portuguese mofo and Spanish moho.


enxundia

[ẽɲˈɕũn̪.d̪ja]

Inherited from Old Leonese enxundia, from Latin axungia.


llamuergu

marsh or mudhole, smaller than the llamarga


barru

From Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Celtic; compare Middle Irish broch (“waste, dregs”) and Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”).
Cognate with Portuguese barro, Galician barro and Spanish barro.


cobicia

Borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Spanish codicia and Portuguese cobiça.


engrueba

From Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).Cognates include Galician groba and English groove


nin un perrín

[ˌnĩŋ ˌũm peˈrĩŋ]


perrín de Dios

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perrín de Dios m (plural perrinos de Dios)


paxarina de Dios

paxarina de Dios m (plural paxarines de Dios)


vaquina de Dios

vaquina de Dios f (plural vaquines de Dios)


pitina de Dios

pitina de Dios f (plural pitines de Dios)


lladrón

adapter (device allowing more plugs at an outlet)

(botany) sucker (branch or trunk that devoids of nutrients the main part of the tree)


juerza

non-standard spelling of ḥuerza, eastern and central-eastern variant of fuercia


aguión

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aquīleōnem, from *aquīleus, vulgar variant of acūleus (“prick, goad”).


lluellura

llo c'a Chinticu í pasó / en Xhixhon ¡bona lluellura!

1843, Juan Junquera Huergo, Llos Trabayos de Chinticu, archived from the original on 2024-07-16:

What happened to Chinticu / in Gijón, what madness!


ropía

Bestidu sal de sayal / con ropía bien folgada,

Dressed with sackcloth he goes out / with very loose clothing

(dated) "Loose and long clothing worn over other tight-fitting dresses", "Clothing of particular authority such as those worn by princes, ministers, etc."


contornu

Los probes del contorno / al vello verter llantu

1895, Teodoro Cuesta, El protomártir asturiano FR. Melchor García Sampedro:

The poor people in the surroundings / seeing him cry


pómpara

La pómpara bullosa de la fuente

1925, Enrique García-Rendueles, El güen pastor:

Con pómpares de plata;


engarradiella

¡ Que baile, que folixa, / Y cuánta engarradiella !

1921, Enrique García Rendueles, Na muerte de D. Angel Cifuentes:

What a dance, what a party! / And so many fights!

Si fora un casu corriente... el robu d’una pita, una engarradiella de paisanos en un chigre

1969, Antón de la Braña, Un xuiciu faltes:

If it was a normal case... the robbery of a chicken, a fight of men in a bar


llaciente

Por San Vicente quiebra ḷḷaz y ḷḷaciente

In Saint Vicent the ice and the falls stop "With the end of the cause, the problem is gone"


zapica

wooden vessel, jug (object made to hold liquid or another substance that can be held in the hand)

vessel used to measure liquids, such as cider in llagares

Zapica que non te llena, non merez la pena.

Full jug that doesn't fill you up, it's not worth it. (proverb)


pigañón

[pi.ɣ̞aˈɲõŋ]


guiyu

gichu

Teberga, Somiedu, Miranda, Palacios del Sil, Valle Gordo

tine or tooth of a tool (shovel, pitchfork...)


valumbu

¡Cuántu valumbu fai esi árbol!

Diba pal monte con un bon valumbiu de ganáu

He/She was going to the mountain with a good load of animals


boroña

Said to be from Celtic *borŭna. The ñ appaeared in a similar process to fariña. Compare Spanish borona and Galician broa

a type of cornbread, typical from Asturias


folguera

(Western Asturian, dated in Central) fern


bardial

tree branches and shrubs prepared to be burned


felecha

feminization of felechu, from Latin filix (“fern”).

Feleches

a village in Siero and a village in Oviedo


boroña preñada

boroña preñada f (plural boroñes preñaes)

a type of boroña (cornbread) with sausages and chorizo inside, in similar fashion to the bollu preñáu


gorollu

Inherited from Latin voluclum from Latin involucrum.

gorullu

Mining Basins, Parres, methaphonetic expression

soft, cone-shaped, half-fermented cheese


falancia

vocabulary, language (specifical way of speaking)


mélicu

¡Ay mélico del alma y de mió vida! ¿No hay remedio á esta probe dolorida?

1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, L'Ensalmador:

Oh, doctor of the soul! Is there no remedy for this grieving woman?

Acudieron delixentes / El mélicu y ceruxanu / Dispuestos á socorréme

1744-1803?, Bruno Cepeda, La Enfermedad:

They came diligently / The doctor and the surgeon / Ready to help me

Mas oyéndolo Xesús, díxoyos: Non son los q’ están sanos, sinon los enfermos los que necesiten de mélicu.

1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, Evanxeliu según San Mateo (9:12):

But hearing that Jesus, he told them: It is not those who are healthy, but those who are sick, who need a doctor

cuando dixo q' un méricu decia...

hay que compar melecines si el méricu les receta

you have to buy medicines if the doctor prescribes them


pañafuelles

pañar (“to grab”) and fuelles (“bellows, sacks or stomachs”) ("sackgrabber")


pañaruca

A la pañaluca, el que la paña la ruca


pañador

picker, grabber (someone who picks or grabs)


muyeríu

tantu muyeríu nuna casa de bonos cristianos nun yera cosa normal

2009, Pablo Rodríguez Medina, Vivir ensin probalo:

so many women in a good cristians' house is not a normal thing


turradera

hazelnuts that are collected before they ripen and are stored in a sheltered place or under the sun to allow them to ripen


portiella

From Latin portella, diminutive of porta (“door”). Cognate with Spanish portilla and Galician portela.


solanu

From Latin solanus. Compare Galician soán and Portuguese soão.

warm wind, coming from the south of Asturias


cencia

Furrular esta máquina ye de muncha cencia


alfayate

From Old Leonese alfayat, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese and Galician alfaiate.


fuína

Inherited from Latin fagina. Cognate with Galician fuíña.


bregadera

an instrument used for flattening bread dough


cagareta

(informal) dropping (small excrement, generally round and from livestock, especially birds)