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Galician
Etymology
From en- + fondo (“deep”) + -ura.
Pronunciation
Noun
enfondura f (plural enfonduras)
- (idiomatic) deep water; trouble; mess
- Synonym: enxangada
1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 51, page 6:Vello das brancas gadellas: non s'enganou o que dixo que unha vez vello dúas veces neno. Non sei de qué xuncras lle sirve a esperencia que adiquiriu cos anos. ¿Pra qué se anda metendo en enfonduras?- Old man of the white mane: the one who said "once and old man, twice a child" was not wrong. I don't know what the hell it's good to you the experience you gained with age. Why are you getting into deep waters?
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enfondura”, 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), “enfondura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega