miolo

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Verb

miolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of miolar

Galician

FWOTD – 3 March 2018

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Late Latin *medullum, from Latin medulla. Doublet of medula.

    Compare Spanish meollo.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    miolo m (plural miolos)

    1. crumb, soft part (of bread etc)
      Synonyms: miga, rafa
    2. marrow
      Synonyms: medula, miolo dos ósos
    3. core or kernel (usually soft)
      Synonyms: cerna, núcleo (usually hard)
    4. (colloquial, in the plural) brains
      Synonym: cerebro
      • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:
        En escoitalo, señor tio Calacú, xà o peléxo do meu corpo tembra. Sei que á tanta agua que acarrexóu amolentoulle os miolos, é por eso louquéa
        While listening to you, my sir uncle Pumpkin, my body's skin trembles. Perhaps the much water you have carried softened you brains, and therefore you are going insane
    5. (figuratively) judgement, reason

    References

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Late Latin *medullum, from Latin medulla.. Doublet of medula

      Compare Spanish meollo.

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈo.lu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lu/
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈo.lo/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lo/

      • Hyphenation: mi‧o‧lo

      Noun

      miolo m (plural miolos, metaphonic)

      1. crumb; soft part (of bread etc)
      2. marrow
      3. (botany) core; kernel (of a fruit)
      4. (figuratively) core; kernel; essence (the most important part of a thing)
      5. (figuratively) the center; the interior
      6. (colloquial, in the plural) brain
        Synonym: cérebro
      7. (figuratively) judgement, reason
      8. (Azores, Alentejo, Madeira, chiefly in the plural) crumbs

      References

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