barrufeiro
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barrufeiro (feminine barrufeira, masculine plural barrufeiros, feminine plural barrufeiras)
- (of horses, derogatory) sprinkled with dirt; nag-like
- c. 1810, Antonio Arias Teixeiro, Sonetos con estrambote:
- A estes Facos pegoulles á mania
de morder os meus versos critiqueiros
dispreciabanos muito ó outro dia
diante de tres ou catro compañeiros;
é p[o]r tanto con toda cortesia
dou gracias á dous Facos Burrufeiros
dicindolles q[u]e ó Trasgo os desafia.- These two hacks became fixated
on biting my verses, captious,
they were despising them heavily the other day
in front of three or four companions;
and therefore, courteously,
I thank these two Dirty Hacks
telling them that the Goblin defy them
- These two hacks became fixated
Noun[edit]
barrufeiro m (plural barrufeiros)
References[edit]
- “barrufeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “barrufeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.