día santo

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Galician

Etymology

Día (“day”) + santo (“holy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

día santo m (plural días santos)

  1. holiday
    Synonyms: día festivo, festa
    Escusa vir: hoxe é día santo e a oficina non abre.
    Don't come: today is a holyday, and the office won't open.
    • 1443, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 423:
      Iten mays, que dían e pagen á dito Sueyro Martís por todos los días soltos que foren de labor quinse mrs da dita moneda et por los dias santos e domingos que él folgar, que non foren de labor, seys mrs da dita moneda, pagos en fyn de cada somana
      Additional item: they should pay the aforementioned Sueiro Martís, for every single working day, 15 maravedís; and for the holidays and Sundays that he rests 6 maravedís, that should be paid on the weekend

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References

  • “dias santos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “dia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “día santo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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