sequera

sequera f (plural sequeres)

1. drought

• siquera, xiquera

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sequer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from se +‎ quer. Compare Portuguese sequer and Spanish siquiera.

• IPA^(key): [seˈkɛɾɐ]

sequera

1. even

   Non houbo un mes de verán sequera ― There was not even a summery month

2. at least
   • c1771, anonymous; Rosario Álvarez & Ernesto González (eds.), Décima xiringatoria:

     Endemal! non falás rouco,

     mais eu à tanto desfacho,

     (como dixo ô ôutro) a macho

     que hè lerdo, arrieiro louco.

     Por moito que eu malle, hè pouco;

     que a quen do principio aò cabo,

     sin fazer caso do crabo,

     tàs peras tira meu frade,

     conven (xiquera à semade)

     que lle zorreguen ô rabo.

     Alas! you don't speak rough,

     but I, to such impertinence,

     as they say, to dumb mule,

     mad muleteer.

     No matter how much I strike, is not enough;

     because to whom, beginning to end,

     not paying attention to the nail,

     your pears drop, my friar,

     it is advisable (at least briefly)

     that they whip their tail

• “sequer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sequer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sequera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sequera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sequera” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

sequera

1. future of sequer