sabandija
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sevandīlia, possibly of Basque origin. Compare Portuguese sevandija.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sabandija f (plural sabandijas)
- pest; bug; small reptile
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 13:
- La Bruja echa a hervir en una caldera llena de agua, un sapo, una lagartija y murciélago, sabandijas que generalmente se encarga de llevarle el cliente, previendo la posibilidad de que a la hechicera se le haya agotado la provisión.
- The Witch throws into a cauldron of water to boil: a toad, a lizard and a bat, sarabandijas which the client generally takes it upon themself to bring, in case the sorcerer has run out of stock.
- rascal, scoundrel, weasel, punk
Further reading
[edit]- “sabandija”, 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
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