enxebre

Galician

Enxebre ("genuine")

Etymology

From *ex-separe, from Latin separ (“separate, different”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈʃeβɾe̝/

Adjective

enxebre m or f (plural enxebres)

1. genuine, characteristic; pure-bred

   Synonym: castizo

   • 1876, O tío Marcos da Portela:

     é necesario que sepiades que eu son un gallego enxebre; tan enxebre cal os do sigro dazasete, que gastaban monteira

     You mast know that I am a genuine Galician; as genuine as the ones form the seventeenth century, when they wore monteira

2. unmixed

Related terms

• xebrar
• xebre

References

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