labrego
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Catecismo do labrego (1889), by Valentín Lamas, a denunciation of the difficult living conditions of farmers
Galician
Etymology
From labrar (“to work the land”) + -ego. Cognate with Spanish labriego.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧bre‧go
Noun
labrego m (plural labregos, feminine labrega, feminine plural labregas)
- peasant, farmer
- Synonym: labrador
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 29:
- Por aquí nacen os ricos polo outro probes labregos. Estas son as dúas castes que hai en todo o mundo inteiro.
- Here the rich people are born, there the poor peasants; these are the two races that there are in the whole world
Adjective
labrego (feminine labrega, masculine plural labregos, feminine plural labregas)
- relative or pertaining to the farmers
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “labrego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “labrego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “labrego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Compare Galician labrego (“farmer, peasant”), which maintains the original, nonderogatory meaning.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧bre‧go
Noun
labrego m (plural labregos, feminine labrega, feminine plural labregas)
- (Portugal, derogatory) hillbilly, redneck
- Synonym: (Brazil) caipira
- (Azores, folklore) a creature similar to a werewolf
- (agriculture) a type of plough
- (Bahia) citrine (yellow quartz)
Adjective
labrego (feminine labrega, masculine plural labregos, feminine plural labregas)
- (Portugal, derogatory) relative or pertaining to hillbillys; redneckish
References
- “labrego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “labrego”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “labrego”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “labrego”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “labrego” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913