quenta
Galician
Etymology
Back-formation from quentar (“to heat; to beat up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛntɐ]
Noun
quenta f (plural quentas)
- admonishment, rebuke
- beating, bashing
- 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:
- Tu ven puderas calar,
- por que si o Demo te tènta,
- hache de dar unha quenta
- que te hà de por a pelar:
- Rather you should shut up
- because if the Devil tempts you
- he's going to give you a beating
- enough to peel you
- Synonym: malleira
- 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:
- urgency, rush
Related terms
References
- “quenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “quenta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “quenta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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