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Galician
Etymology
From ben (“well”) and mantido (“maintained”).
Adjective
ben mantido (feminine ben mantida, masculine plural ben mantidos, feminine plural ben mantidas)
- well-fed
1877, anonymous author, O tio Marcos da Portela, number 29:Axuntaronse os pais da Províncea, repoludos, grosos e ben mantidos ó parecer, máis ledos qu'os mozos nas trulladas, e máis falangueiros qu'unha rapaza de dazasete anos- the fathers of the Province meet, plump, thick and well-fed, apparently happier than young men at a feast, and chattier than a seventeen years old girl
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mantido”, 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), “ben mantido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mantido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN