aguillada

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1707. From aguillón (“sting”), suffixed with -ada. Cognate with Spanish aguijada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡiˈʎaða̝/

Noun

aguillada f (plural aguilladas)

1. cattle prod, goad

   Synonym: aguillón

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Alberte falemos craros
     nosoutros temos a culpa,
     que se foramos armados
     con aguilladas e chuzos,
     ouberàmos de botalos
     alò para en cas de Iudas.

     "Alberte, let's we make this clear:
     we are to blame,
     because if we had been armed
     with goads and spears
     we would had drove them back
     there until Judas's house."

Related terms

• agulla
• aguillar
• aguillón

References

• “aguillada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aguillada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aguillada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.