croio

Galician

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *krowdi- (“crude, rude, raw > hard, severe”); compare Irish crua. From Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɔjo̝/

Noun

croio m (plural croios)

1. (informal, derogatory) ugly person

   Viches o seu novo mozo? É un croio!

   Have you seen her new boyfriend? He's very ugly!

Etymology 2

Probably from the same origin.

Croios

Alternative forms

• coio (eastern Galicia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɔjo̝/

Noun

croio m (plural croios)

1. pebble

Derived terms

• croia
• croiolo
• dar croio

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *crodius, from Gaulish *croudis (“hard”), from Proto-Celtic *kroudis, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔ.jo/
• Rhymes: -ɔjo
• Hyphenation: crò‧io

Adjective

croio (feminine croia, masculine plural croi, feminine plural croie) (obsolete)

1. hard

   Synonym: duro

2. (figurative) boorish, loutish

   Synonym: zotico

3. (figurative) cruel, evil

   Synonyms: crudele, malvagio

Further reading

• croio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Coiro, orcio