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Galician
Etymology
From relear (“to haggle”) + -ón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /releˈoŋ/
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: re‧le‧on
Adjective
releón (feminine releona, masculine plural releóns, feminine plural releonas)
- tenacious; stubborn; obstinate
- Synonyms: porfiado, teimudo
c. 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de quintas:Pra que vayan á labrar, E que sepan como sabe
O pan que o demo amasou, E sean mais releons,
Cando lle os ministros pidan Os mil quinientos millos.- For them to go to work, and to know how it tastes
the bread the devil knead, and to be more tenacious
when the ministers ask them for a thousand and a half million
Noun
releón m (plural releóns, feminine releona, feminine plural releonas)
- haggler; reseller
- Synonym: regatón
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “releón”, 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), “releón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega