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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from the personal name, attested in Roman inscriptions, Cintullus, from Proto-Celtic *Kentullos, from *kentus (“first”).
Pronunciation
Noun
centulo m (plural centulos)
- (historical) masked demon-like figure who used to precede some Catholic processions
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “centulo”, 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), “centulo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega