pobriño

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Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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pobriño!

  1. (endearing or patronizing) poor thing!
    Synonyms: coitado, miñaxoia

References

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