rabudo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century as a nickname. From rabo (“tail”) +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raˈβuðʊ]

Adjective

rabudo (feminine rabuda, masculine plural rabudos, feminine plural rabudas)

1. having a long tail
2. (figurative) grumpy; bad-tempered

Related terms

• rabo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rabudo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rabudo”, 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), “rabudo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rabudo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbu.du/ [haˈbu.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbu.du/ [haˈbu.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbu.du/ [χaˈbu.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbu.do/ [haˈbu.do]

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

• Hyphenation: ra‧bu‧do

Adjective

rabudo (feminine rabuda, masculine plural rabudos, feminine plural rabudas)

1. having a long tail
2. (colloquial) lucky
3. (colloquial) fat-arsed

Spanish

Adjective

rabudo (feminine rabuda, masculine plural rabudos, feminine plural rabudas)

1. having a long tail

Derived terms

• ánade rabudo

 

Further reading

• “rabudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014