enxeño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese engẽyo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enˈʃeɲʊ]

Noun

enxeño m (plural enxeños)

1. siege engine
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 782:

     Conta a estoria que el rrey, estando sobre Jahem, ouue seu consello cõnos omes bõos da oste como nõ tijnã guisado para cercar [a] vila, poys nõ tragiã engenos, et que seria mellor andar pela terra et astragala ca nõ ficar aly

     The story says that the King, being at Jaen, held a meeting with the notables of the army, and as they had no way to besiege the town, since they didn't brought siege engines, that it would be better to raid the land and waste it than to stay there

2. engine

   Synonym: máquina

3. ingenuity, resourcefulness

   Synonym: listura

Derived terms

• enxeñar
• enxeñaría
• enxeñeiro
• enxeñoso

 

References

• “engeño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “engeno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “enxeño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enxeño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.