túzaro

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuθa̝ɾo̝/, (western) /ˈtusa̝ɾo̝/

Adjective

túzaro (feminine túzara, masculine plural túzaros, feminine plural túzaras)

sullen, brooding, unsociable
Synonym: insociable
stubborn, obstinate, brutish

Noun

túzaro m (plural túzaros, feminine túzara, feminine plural túzaras)

a grouch, an unsociable person
Synonyms: cazurro, bestello, trepeiro, tarulo, tamarugo, rude
a stubborn, obstinate, brutish person

References

“tuzaro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“túzaro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“túzaro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. túzaro.

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