garrido

See also: gárrido and Garrido

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garrido (“cheerful”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from garrir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈriðʊ]

Participle

garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)

1. past participle of garrir

Adjective

garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)

1. lush, fresh-looking; healthy; strong

   Boa roupa e boa vida, fan á vella garrida. (proverb) ― Good clothes and good life make the old woman healthy (and fresh looking).

   • c1350, K. M. Parker. (ed.) (1975), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120:

     forõ moy ledos todos por que era el [moy] bẽ garrido

     all of them were very happy, because he was well healed

   • 1355, Alfonso Álvarez Villasandino:

     por fogir de fealdade, | e fui ver con omildade | mui garrida catadura.

     for fleeing ugliness, | and I went see with humbleness | very beauty countenance.

   Synonym: louzán

2. blonde; auburn
3. (archaic) cheerful; frivolous; brainless

Noun

garrido m (plural garridos)

1. a generic precious item

Related terms

• garrir

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garrido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garrid”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garrido”, 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), “garrido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garrido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From garrir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi.du/ [ɡaˈhi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi.du/ [ɡaˈhi.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi.du/ [ɡaˈχi.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi.do/ [ɡaˈhi.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈʁi.du/ [ɡɐˈʁi.ðu]

Participle

garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)

1. past participle of garrir

Adjective

garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)

1. garish, showy, brash

   Synonym: vistoso

2. elegant

   Synonym: elegante

3. bright, cheerful

   Synonyms: alegre, animado

   • 1969, Jorge Ben Jor (lyrics and music), “Take It Easy My Brother Charles”:

     Rosa é a flor da simpatia / É a flor escolhida no dia / Do primeiro encontro do nosso dia / Com a vida querida / Com a vida mais garrida

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “garrido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of Old Spanish garrir (“to chat, prattle”), from Latin garrīre (“to chatter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrido/ [ɡaˈri.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: ga‧rri‧do

Adjective

garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)

1. hefty; strong; strong-looking
2. (of a woman) good-looking; beauteous
3. elegant; gentlemanly

Descendants

• → Catalan: garrit

Participle

garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas)

1. past participle of garrir

Further reading

• “garrido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10