miúdo

Etymology

Already in the 13th century. From Old Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈuðo̝/

Adjective

miúdo m (feminine singular miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)

1. small

   Synonym: pequeno

   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.

     Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.

2. smallish

   Synonym: pequeneiro

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

1. (usually in the plural) child

   Synonyms: meniño, rapaz

2. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)

   Synonym: miudanza

References

• “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “miud” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “miudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “miúdo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “miúdo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈu.ðu/, /ˈmju.ðu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈu.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈu.do/
• Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do

Adjective

miúdo m (feminine singular miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas, comparable)

1. very small

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)

1. (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child

Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos)

1. (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal

Verb

miúdo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of miudar

   Eu miúdo isso.

   I diminish this.