miúdo

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

  1. small
    Synonym: pequeno
    • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
      Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
      Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas , four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.
  2. smallish
    Synonym: pequeneiro

Related terms

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

  1. (usually in the plural) child
    Synonyms: meniño, rapaz
  2. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)
    Synonym: miudanza

Adverb

miúdo

  1. lightly
    Antonyms: forte, gordo
    "Chove forte?" "Chove miúdo!" ― "Is it raining hard?" "No, it rains lightly!"

References

  • “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “miud” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “miúdo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “miúdo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈu.du/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈu.do/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.do/

  • Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“to diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

  1. very small
    Synonyms: pequeno, minúsculo, diminuto
    Antonyms: grande, graúdo, crescido
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Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

  1. (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child
    Synonyms: criança, pequeno, rapaz, piá
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Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos)

  1. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal
Quotations

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Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

miúdo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of miudar
Quotations

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