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Galician
Etymology
From pobre (“poor”) + -iño, diminutive/affective suffix.
Pronunciation
Noun
pobriño m (plural pobriños, feminine pobriña, feminine plural pobriñas)
- (endearing or patronizing) poor thing
- Synonyms: coitado, miñaxoia
1724, Luis de Losada, Mourning for the death of king Luis:Pò la mañà ben cedo
O nosso Rey Don Luis,
Mais ledo, mais garrido,
Qu'ò cravel, è ò jazmin:
Tan lindo, tan benfeito
Que posto cabe d'il,
Adonis ê un probiño,
Narciso vn aprendiz:- Early in the morning
our king Luís,
more joyful, lusher,
than carnation, than jasmine:
so beauty, so handsome
that by his side
Adonis is but a poor thing,
Narcissus an apprentice
Interjection
pobriño!
- (endearing or patronizing) poor thing!
- Synonyms: coitado, miñaxoia
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pobriño”, 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), “pobriño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pobriño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN