faiado

Galician

Faiado ("attic")

Etymology

From faiar (to tile with boards), from Latin fagus (beech).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈjaðo̝/

Noun

faiado m (plural faiados)

  1. attic
    Synonym: faio
    • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea:
      fixo unha casa nova de sótano e de sobrado co outón de pinche pró Norte que refrescara o faiado
      he built a new house, with ground and upper floor, with the gable facing north for refreshing the attic

Participle

faiado (feminine faiada, masculine plural faiados, feminine plural faiadas)

  1. past participle of faiar

References

Portuguese

Participle

faiado (feminine faiada, masculine plural faiados, feminine plural faiadas)

  1. past participle of faiar
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