salagre

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Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since 1289.

Pronunciation

Adjective

salagre m or f (plural salagres)

  1. brittle, crumbly
    Synonym: fráxil
    • 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:
      os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagre
      the goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle
  2. (figurative) grumpy

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