bandallo

Galician

Alternative forms

• bandalho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from banda +‎ -allo; compare Portuguese bandalho. Or either related to Spanish andrajo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [banˈdaʎʊ]

Noun

bandallo m (plural bandallos)

1. rag

   Synonyms: farrapo, cerello, ciringallo

2. (derogatory) rascal; idleton; a despicable or untidy person

   Synonyms: baldreo, pastrán, ciringalleiro

3. calamity, disgrace
   • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:

     Xâ sabes que â miña casa
     he moi levada o bandallo
     da tia Goras de Rabál,
     aquela gran zalameira,
     embolvedora è embusteira,
     que vive por noso mal:

     You know that my house
     has become quite a calamity
     because of uncle Goras of Rabal,
     that great sweat talker,
     scheming and liar
     that lives to cause us harm

   • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:

     Máis que digan que este mundo
     Foi e será un bandallo,
     Decote detras da porta
     Non hemos de ver o trasno;

     No matter how much they say that this world
     was and is a calamity,
     Not always are we to see
     the demon behind the door

Derived terms

• bandado
• bandallada
• bandallán
• bandalleiro
• esbandallar

Related terms

• banda

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bandallo”, 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), “bandallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bandallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “bandallo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025