pobriño

Galician

Etymology

From pobre (“poor”) +‎ -iño, diminutive/affective suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈβɾiɲʊ]

Noun

pobriño m (plural pobriños, feminine pobriña, feminine plural pobriñas)

1. (endearing or patronizing) poor thing

   Synonyms: coitado, miñaxoia

   • 1724, Luis de Losada, Mourning for the death of king Luis:

     Pò la mañà ben cedo
     O nosso Rey Don Luis,
     Mais ledo, mais garrido,
     Qu'ò cravel, è ò jazmin:
     Tan lindo, tan benfeito
     Que posto cabe d'il,
     Adonis ê un probiño,
     Narciso vn aprendiz:

     Early in the morning
     our king Luís,
     more joyful, lusher,
     than carnation, than jasmine:
     so beauty, so handsome
     that by his side
     Adonis is but a poor thing,
     Narcissus an apprentice

Interjection

pobriño!

1. (endearing or patronizing) poor thing!

   Synonyms: coitado, miñaxoia

References

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