cadela de frade

Galician

Cadela de frade

Etymology

From cadela (“female dog”) + de (“of”) + frade (“friar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈðɛla̝ðeˈfɾaðe̝̝/

Noun

cadela de frade f (plural cadelas de frade)

1. earwig

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cadela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadela de frade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN