sañudo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From saña +‎ -udo. Compare Spanish sañudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈɲuðʊ]

Adjective

sañudo (feminine sañuda, masculine plural sañudos, feminine plural sañudas)

1. angry; short-tempered

   Synonyms: furibundo, iracundo

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or meek or short-tempered

Related terms

• saña

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sañudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sañudo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sañudo”, 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), “sañudo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From saña +‎ -udo. Compare Galician sañudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɲudo/ [saˈɲu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: sa‧ñu‧do

Adjective

sañudo (feminine sañuda, masculine plural sañudos, feminine plural sañudas)

1. cruel; wicked
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Hasta el mar, el displicente y sañudo Cantábrico está hoy tranquilo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• ensañar

 

Further reading

• “sañudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28