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Galician
Etymology
From barruzo + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
Noun
barrufeiro m (plural barrufeiros)
- nag
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barrufeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “barrufeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega