aveso

Catalan

Verb

aveso

1. first-person singular present indicative of avesar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese avesso, from Latin āversus (“contrary”). Cognate with Portuguese avesso and Spanish avieso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβɛso̝/

Adjective

aveso (feminine avesa, masculine plural avesos, feminine plural avesas)

1. evil, malicious

   Synonyms: atravesado, revirado, ruín

2. contrary, opposite

   Synonyms: contrario, oposto

Noun

aveso m (plural avesos)

1. contrary, opposite

   Synonyms: contrario, oposto

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 166:

     depoys começou a fazer o avesso delo

     later she began doing the opposite of this

Derived terms

• ás avesas
• avesada
• avesar
• avesedo
• avesío

References

• “avess” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aveso”, 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), “aveso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aveso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

aveso

1. first-person singular present indicative of avesar