Séculos Escuros

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Galician

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FWOTD – 12 March 2016

Etymology

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Literally, “Dark Centuries”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.los es.ˈku.ɾos/

Proper noun

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Séculos Escuros m pl

  1. (linguistics) the period from the 16th to the 18th century, characterised by the marginalisation of the Galician language and the diminishing of Galician literature
    • 2000, Eduardo Moscoso Mato, Os tempos compostos no galego medieval, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 206:
      Os tempos compostos que aparecen nos textos dos Séculos Escuros presentan xeralmente o auxiliar en present de indicativo (70% das ocorrencias): […]
      Analytic tenses that appear in texts from the Dark Centuries usually include an auxiliary for the present indicative (70% of occurrences): […]
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