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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1332. From cortella, from Latin cohorticula, diminutive of cohors. Cognate with Spanish cortijo.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
cortello m (plural cortellos)
- pigsty
- small stable or department inside it, specially when destined to pigs, sheep or goats
- Synonym: cortella
- (derogatory, figurative) untidy and small place
- Fillo, arromba o teu cuarto que está feito un cortello! ― Son, clean you room: it is a pigsty!
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cortello”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cortello”, 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), “cortello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN