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Galician
Participle
excomungado (feminine excomungada, masculine plural excomungados, feminine plural excomungadas)
- past participle of excomungar
Portuguese
Etymology
Past participle of excomungar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ex‧co‧mun‧ga‧do
Adjective
excomungado (feminine excomungada, masculine plural excomungados, feminine plural excomungadas)
- excommunicate (having suffered excommunication)
- cursed (having been cursed)
- Synonyms: maldito, amaldiçoado
- (figurative) loathsome, detestable (highly disagreeable)
1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria [Victoria]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 65:Se vendesse as gallinhas e a marrã? Infelizmente a excommungada raposa tinha comido a pedrez, a mais gorda. Precisava dar uma licção á raposa. Ia armar o mundeo junto do poleiro e quebrar o espinhaço daquella semvergonha.- What if she sold the chickens and the young sow? Unfortunately the damned fox had eaten the spotted hen, the plumpest one. She had to teach the fox a lesson. She was going to set up a trap by the perch and break that rascal's back.
Noun
excomungado m (plural excomungados, feminine excomungada, feminine plural excomungadas)
- (theology) Satan
- (figurative, derogatory) a detestable person; a rascal, a scoundrel
1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O soldado amarello [The Yellow Soldier]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 158:Dois excommungados tinham-lhe cahido em cima, um ferro batera-lhe no peito, outro nas costas, e elle se arrastara tiritando como um frango molhado. Tudo porque se esquentara e dissera uma palavra inconsideradamente.- Two scoundrels had fallen on top of him, a club had hit his chest, another his back, and he had crawled shivering like a wet chicken. All because he had gotten heated and said an inconsiderate word.
Participle
excomungado (feminine excomungada, masculine plural excomungados, feminine plural excomungadas)
- past participle of excomungar
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