enxebre

Galician

Enxebre ("genuine")

Etymology

From *ex-separe, from Latin separ (separate, different).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈʃeβɾe̝/

Adjective

enxebre m, f (plural enxebres)

  1. genuine, characteristic; pure-bred
    • 1876, O tío Marcos da Portela:
      é necesario que sepiades que eu son un gallego enxebre; tan enxebre cal os do sigro dazasete, que gastaban monteira
      You mast know that I am a genuine Galician; as genuine as the ones form the seventeenth century, when they wore monteira
    Synonym: castizo
  2. unmixed

References

  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. parar.
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