Séculos Escuros

Galician

FWOTD – 12 March 2016

Etymology

Literally, “Dark Centuries”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.los es.ˈku.ɾos/

Proper noun

Séculos Escuros m pl

1. (linguistics) the period from the 16th to the 18th century, characterised by the marginalisation of the Galician language and the diminishing of Galician literature
   • 2000, Eduardo Moscoso Mato, Os tempos compostos no galego medieval, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 206:

     Os tempos compostos que aparecen nos textos dos Séculos Escuros presentan xeralmente o auxiliar en present de indicativo (70% das ocorrencias): […]

     Analytic tenses that appear in texts from the Dark Centuries usually include an auxiliary for the present indicative (70% of occurrences): […]