atufado

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Galician

Etymology

From atufar, from tufo (“arrogance”).[1]

Pronunciation

Participle

atufado (feminine atufada, masculine plural atufados, feminine plural atufadas)

  1. past participle of atufar

Adjective

atufado (feminine atufada, masculine plural atufados, feminine plural atufadas)

  1. haughty
    Synonyms: arrogante, empoleirado
    • 1895, A. López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval, page 170:
      a situación tristísima e máis que lamentábel da súa nai, enferma, sin recursos e, para maor desgracia, de xenio tan atufado, enrenico e mal cabido, que naide se ladaba con ela
      the very sad and lamentable position of her mother, sick, resourceless and, adding insult to injury, having such a haughty, rude and misfit temper, that none got along with her
  2. fearless, confident, brave
    Synonyms: afouto, ardido, arriscado, valente

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tufo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atuˈfado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: a‧tu‧fa‧do

Participle

atufado (feminine atufada, masculine plural atufados, feminine plural atufadas)

  1. past participle of atufar
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