bébedo

Galician

Alternative forms

• bêbedo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bevedo, from Latin bibitus, from bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from *peh₃-.

Cognate of Portuguese bêbedo and of Spanish beodo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeβ̞ɪð̞ʊ]

Adjective

bébedo (feminine bébeda, masculine plural bébedos, feminine plural bébedas)

1. drunk (intoxicated)

   Synonyms: borracho, peneque

Derived terms

• abebedentar
• embebedar

Noun

bébedo m (plural bébedos, feminine bébeda, feminine plural bébedas)

1. drunkard
   • 1433, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, Vida e fala dos devanceiros, page 389:

     diso que lle disera "vello royn, bébedo, louco, sandio, desuariado", et que sacara a espada contra él

     he said that [the other man] said to him "worthless old man, drunkard, madman, stupid, fool", and that [that man] brandished the sword against him

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bebedo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega