cagalleta
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cagalla (“droppin”) + -eta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cagalleta f (plural cagalletas)
- a sheep, goat, hare, rat or rabbit dropping
- (figurative, derogatory) a small or worthless thing or person
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cagalleta”, 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), “cagalleta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cagalleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN