orballo

Galician

1929, Orballo da media noite ("Midnight's drizzle")

Etymology

18th century. From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Asturian orbayu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾˈβaʎo̝/

Noun

orballo m (plural orballos)

  1. drizzle
    Synonyms: babuxa, barruzo, chovisca, poalla, zarzallo
  2. dew
    • 1797, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Máis garrida que a rosa no seu leito (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 19-20):
      Mais Garrida que a [r]osa no seu le[y]to / Cando pola mañan a rega ó ervallo
      More fresh and beautiful than a rose in its bed / When in the morning the dew waters it
    Synonyms: resío, rosada
  3. stye

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