ferrudo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˈruðʊ]

Adjective

ferrudo (feminine ferruda, masculine plural ferrudos, feminine plural ferrudas)

1. iron (made of iron)

   Synonyms: de ferro, ferreño, férreo

2. iron like; hard as iron

   Synonyms: ferreño, férreo

   • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:

     Camiños de perdiciós pratican os máis e os menos máis de cen. O carballo máis ferrudo si o becho lle crava o dente no raigado, amolece e xa golbudo vén ao chan prestamente derrumbado. Os vicios son bechos fortes que amolegan corpos duros e valentes

     Roads to perdition, the most and the least practice more than a hundred. The most robust oak, if the bug sink his teeth in the roots, softens and, when rotten, comes to the ground promptly, slumped. Vices are strong bugs that soften hard and bold bodies.

Related terms

• ferro

References

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