trasgo

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Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

trasgo

Etymology

Unknown, see Spanish section below.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaz.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʒ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaz.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʒ.ɡu/

Hyphenation: tras‧go

Noun

trasgo m (plural trasgos)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain (viz. Iberia proper)

Spanish

FWOTD – 31 October 2019

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

trasgo

A whimsical depiction of a trasgo smoking a pipe.

Etymology

Unknown. Possible etymologies include:

from Latin trādux (“vine branch”), in the nominative (semantic connection is nebulous, possibly from the creatures hiding in vineyards in some folk legends);
from Old Galician-Portuguese transfegar (“to transfigure, to transfuse”), from Latin transfigurare, relating to the creature's ability to shapeshift;
from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “male goat, lechery”), relating to mischief, its small stature, and other hircine attributes;
from Old Italian strega (“witch, hag”), from Latin striga (“evil spirit, witch, etc.”).
from a Gothic term for a goblin-like creature, introduced or reinforced during the Visigothic/Suebian period via Germanic folklore.
from Old Spanish tarasca, maybe influenced by Old Galician-Portuguese drago and/or Old Galician-Portuguese tardo (mythical sense)
from Old Spanish trasgreer or trasgueir (“make mischief”) (first attested in c. 15th century), from Latin transgredi, likewise referring to its mischievous nature. In which case, cognate to English transgress.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɾasɡo/
Rhymes: -asɡo
Syllabification: tras‧go

Noun

trasgo m (plural trasgos)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin, imp, or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain, with varying descriptions
- 1864, Meliton Martin, Pónos, part 2, page 31:
  Tras de las exigencias de la bruja vinieron como era natural las de los trasgos.
  As was natural, after the demands of the witch came those of the goblins.

See also

duende

References

^ Diccionario general etimológico de la lengua española - Barcia, Roque. 1903.
^ Munguía, Santiago Segura (2014 December 20) Lexicón etimológico y semántico del Latín y de las voces actuales que proceden de raíces latinas o griegas ‎ (in Spanish), Universidad de Deusto, →ISBN

Further reading

“trasgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

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