bostela
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from *pustella, a diminutive from Latin pustula. Compare Portuguese bostela, Asturian postiella, Spanish postilla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bostela f (plural bostelas)
- scab
- Synonym: lastra
- (in the plural, pathology, dated) pox
- 1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:
- Non esbardallédes, Compadre; / habedevos de facer de cargo, / eu tiben un armallo á morte, / a Minjota cunha frebe / é os Rapases con bostelas, / mirà vos como podia / sair siquera da casa:
- Don't rant, my friend. Consider that I had a bull just about to day, Mingota with a fever, and the children with pox; you'll tell me how I was supposed to even leave my house
References[edit]
- “bostela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bostela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bostela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pustella, from Latin pustula. Compare Spanish postilla, Asturian postiella.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bostela f (plural bostelas)
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Diseases
- Galician dated terms
- Galician terms with quotations
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns