manga

Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


biblioteca

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

der

Nas vacacións aproveito para ir ler á biblioteca.

I take the opportunity to go read at the library in the holidays.


metro

Borrowed from French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

(poetry, music) metre (the rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


Biblia

From Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “books”).


diálogo

From Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).


Miguel

From Latin Michāēlem, accusative of Michāēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”).


Santiago

[s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

[s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-der.
Proto-Italic *sankjō
Proto-Italic *sanktos
Latin sānctus
Hebrew עקב
Hebrew יַעֲקֹבbor.
Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb)
Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor.
Latin Iācōbus
Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago
Galician Santiago
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago, from Latin Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”).
Cognate with Fala, Portuguese, and Spanish Santiago.


Pedro

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros)
Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros)bor.
Latin Petrus
Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro
Galician PedroInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros).

etymon

(biblical) Peter (leading Apostle in the New Testament)


André

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).


María

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (maryām).


dragón

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).

der

c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26

Jason meant to put the dragon to sleep with words and herbs

Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.


subtítulo

(cinematography, television, used more in the plural) subtitle (textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)

(cinematography, television, used more in the plural) caption (a piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, and it describe dialogues and sound for viewers who cannot hear it)

(cinematography, television, used more in the plural) closed caption


dramático

gl-adj

dramático (feminine dramática, masculine plural dramáticos, feminine plural dramáticas)

dramática (feminine)
dramáticos (masculine plural)
dramáticas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós), via Late Latin drāmaticus.


ficción

Learned borrowing from Latin fictiōnem. Cognate with Portuguese ficção.

fiction (imaginary fact, fabulous invention)


camerino

(theater, television, film) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)


comedia

From Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía).


apocalipse

Attested since the 14th century (apocalise) From Latin apocalypsis. Compare Portuguese apocalipse and Spanish apocalipsis.

hũu liuro apocalisy scripto en purgameo e cuberto de cuberturas de táuõas cubertas de coyro uermello con pregos grandes, o qual liuro era scripto em bõa létera formada e con pinturas

1396, A. Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 138:

a book of Revelation written on parchment and covered with covers made of boards covered with red leather, with large sheets, and the mentioned book is written with good well formed letter and with paintings

(biblical, religion) the book of Revelation

(biblical, religion) Apocalypse (the end of the world)


Tomé

From Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.


épico

épico (feminine épica, masculine plural épicos, feminine plural épicas)

épica (feminine)
épicos (masculine plural)
épicas (feminine plural)


secuela

(narratology) sequel (a narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own)


prosaico

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

prosaica (feminine)
prosaicos (masculine plural)
prosaicas (feminine plural)


dicionario

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), from Latin dictiōnem (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.


comediante

gl-noun

comediante m or f by sense (plural comediantes)


sevillana

(in the plural) songs and dances that are typical of Seville


traxicómico

gl-adj

traxicómico (feminine traxicómica, masculine plural traxicómicos, feminine plural traxicómicas)

traxicómica (feminine)
traxicómicos (masculine plural)
traxicómicas (feminine plural)

tragicomic; of or pertaining to dramatic tragicomedy


deuterocanónico

deuterocanónico (feminine deuterocanónica, masculine plural deuterocanónicos, feminine plural deuterocanónicas)

deuterocanónica (feminine)
deuterocanónicos (masculine plural)
deuterocanónicas (feminine plural)


Novo Testamento

New Testament (second half of the Christian Bible)


Antigo Testamento

Old Testament (first half of the Christian Bible)


métrica

(poetry, music) meter (rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


xenio

(countable) genius (someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill)


estrofa

From Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”).


iambo

From Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

(poetry) iamb (metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one)


vilancico

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


Apocalipse

Attested since the 14th century (apocalise); from Latin apocalypsis. Compare Portuguese apocalipse and Spanish apocalipsis.


comedia de situación

gl-noun

comedia de situación f (plural comedias de situación)

sitcom, situation comedy (episodic comedy television program)


cámara lenta

slow motion (a technique of film, photography and video to stretch time and allow visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined)


provizo

Attested since 1370. Perhaps from Latin provisus (“foreseen”)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) goblin, imp


alalá

¡Ai, o alalá, miña santa, cántase cando se chora; chórase cando se canta!

1961, Diccionario enciclopédico gallego-castellano, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 99:

Alas! the alalá, my darling, is sung when crying; it's cried when singing!

[…], un alalá ignorado polo resto dos homes.

2014, Francisco X. Fernández Naval, Maribel Longueira, As crebas: Outro xeito de andar ao mar, Baía Edicións, page 73:

[…] , an alalá ignored by the rest of the men.

Catro vellos mariñeiros
todos metidos nun bote
voga, voga, mariñeiro
vamos pra Viveiro
xa se ve San Roque;
voga, voga, mariñeiro
vamos pra Viveiro
xa se ve San Roque.
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalá!
Ai, lalelo, ai, lalalelo!

Catro vellos mariñeiros (traditional song)

(music) a traditional type of chant from Galicia, characterised by the use of meaningless vocalisations at the refrain or chorus


Séculos Escuros

Os tempos compostos que aparecen nos textos dos Séculos Escuros presentan xeralmente o auxiliar en present de indicativo (70% das ocorrencias): […]

2000, Eduardo Moscoso Mato, Os tempos compostos no galego medieval, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 206:

Analytic tenses that appear in texts from the Dark Centuries usually include an auxiliary for the present indicative (70% of occurrences): […]

(linguistics) the period from the 16th to the 18th century, characterised by the marginalisation of the Galician language and the diminishing of Galician literature


Pedro Chosco

Pedro (“Peter”) + Chosco (“having a winked eye”).

Váite d'ahí, Pedro Chosco, non m'atentes a criada, que n-a calzas nin-a vistes nin lle pagas a soldada

1886, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, Folk-lore español: Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españolas ...:

Go away, Pedro Chosco, don't induce my maid: you don't buy her shoes, nor clothes, and you don't pay her wage


trasno

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin trānsgredior (“I cross over (fig., the law)”). Cognate of Portuguese trasgo, Asturian trasgu, Spanish trasgo.

der

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) A mischievous mythological creature, usually domestic and similar to a goblin or brownie, other times more similar to a nightmare, found in the legends of the North and West of the Iberian peninsula


Estevo

13th century, from older Estevoo, from Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”). Cognate with Portuguese Estêvão, Spanish Esteban.

(biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)


papón

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) ogre; bogeyman


oceánide

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Oceanid


Xudite

[ʃuˈð̞i.t̪ɪ]


abelurio

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature, similar to a goblin, found in the legends of the Northwest of the Iberian peninsula


cando os animais falaban

Literally, “When animals used to speak”.

No tempo en que falaban os animales, achou unha vez un raposo moi larpeiro a un galo erguido na pola dun carballo e puxose a parolar co el diste xeito:
 — Bos días nos dé Deus amigo, como che vai?
 — Ben e a ti?
 — Non che oio ben; por qué non baixas? Sei que desconfías? Non sabes que hai unha orde que di que agora nin os gatos poden comer aos ratos, nin os raposos aos galos?

Once upon a time, a gluttonous fox found a rooster standing on an oak's branch, and he began chitchatting with the rooster in this manner:
 “Good morning on behalf of God, my friend, how do you do?”
 “Well, and you?”
 “I can barely hear you, why don't you come down? Or is it that you distrust? Don't you know that there is an order that says that now cats can't eat mice nor foxes roosters?”

(used at the beginnings of fairytales, idiomatic) once upon a time


sugota

Corréro-no as meigas; Chuchouno a sugota

1886, Antonio María de la Iglesia, El Idioma Gallego:

(folklore, mythology) hag; a she-vampire


Xeremías

Learned borrowing from Latin Jēremīas, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה.

Hebrew יִרְמְיָה

(biblical) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)


Xoana

From Old Galician-Portuguese Johanna, from Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced Xoán.

a female given name, equivalent to English Jane, Jean, Joan, Joanne, or Joanna


Xacobe

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Jacob, borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב.


Xácome

From Late Latin Iacomus, dialect variant of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ).

der

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ)