biosbardo

Galician

Alternative forms

• birbardo

Etymology

Unknown. Ultimately perhaps from a substrate language, possibly linked to a lost thing of folklore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biosˈβaɾðo̝/

Noun

biosbardo m (plural biosbardos)

1. (usually in the plural) imaginary being or place

   Synonyms: alpabarda, gazafello

   • 1861, Antonio de la Iglesia, Poesías:

     Para os biosbardos,
     Meu neno, mirás:
     Traguerme vas cardos
     S'atento n'andás

     At the biosbardos,
     My boy, you look:
     You'll bring me thistles
     if you don't pay attention

Derived terms

• andar nos biosbardos

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “biosbardos”, 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), “biosbardos”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “biosbardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN