bousán

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Either from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“bad, arrogant; worthless”) or from an expressive origin,^[1] and the suffix, of Germanic origin, -án.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bowˈsaŋ/, /bɔwˈsaŋ/

Adjective

bousán (feminine bousana, masculine plural bousáns, feminine plural bousanas)

worthless, useless; dimwitted

Noun

bousán m (plural bousáns, feminine bousana, feminine plural bousanas)

dimwit; a worthless person or animal
Este can é un bousán: non me sabe levar as vacas.
This dog is a dimwitt: he don't even know how to guide the cows.

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bousan”, 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), “bausán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bausán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “haragán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[1] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bausán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[2] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “haragán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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