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Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of bravo, possibly.
Pronunciation
Noun
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros)
- barbarian
'1859, J. Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:¿Galicia? ... ¿Ónd'stá? ¿Ónde vai a nosa fermosa e podente Galicia? ¿Ónde pára? ¿ónde? aquela casta d'héroes fartos qu'o mesmo tremaron as follas das súas coitelas diante das naceós veciñas, acoradas, escorrentadas, por os bárbaros e a mouramia- Galicia? Where are you? What have become of our beauty a strong Galicia? Where it is now? Where that lineage of lavish heroes who waved their blades before the neighbouring nations, frightened, driven away by the barbarians and the Moors?
Adjective
bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)
- barbarian, uncivilised, uncultured
- (informal) great, fantastic
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barbaro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barbar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bárbaro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bárbaro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bárbaro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of brabo and berbere.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)
- barbarian; uncivilised
- Synonyms: selvagem, incivilizado
- wicked; evil; cruel
- Synonyms: mau, malvado, cruel, maldoso
- (Brazil, slang) awesome; wicked; brilliant; excellent
Derived terms
Noun
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)
- (historical) barbarian (member of peoples considered uncivilised by the Romans and Greeks)
- barbarian (uncivilised person)
- barbarian (a cruel and violent person)
- Synonym: bruto
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)
- barbaric
- (colloquial) enormous
- (colloquial) stupendous
- (colloquial) cool
Noun
bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)
- barbarian
Derived terms
Further reading