chavello

From chavella (“peg”). Compare Portuguese chavelho.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaˈβeʎʊ]

chavello m (plural chavellos)

1. peg

   Synonym: chavella

2. (figurative, anatomy) upper incisor, when very large

   Synonym: incisivo

3. (figurative, anatomy) canine tooth; fang, tusk

   Synonyms: caíño, cairo, canteiro

   • 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostalano:

     Non sei qué xuncras traguía na moleira o Seor Pedro, que o vin no outro onte carreirando, como un neno, e axuntando aos seus veciños, pra que onde ao seu palleiro fosen axiña a agoardá-lo; Eu non sei si un formigueiro de vermes lle boligaban entre os miolos dos sesos, pois semellaba a un doente, pro casi arrincando os pelos de debaixo da monteira, sin ton, nin son, e sin xeito; Eu non sei qué lle proía, eu non sei, si tiña o demo; porque os folgos eran fogos e os ollos dous candeeiros, e a cara toda prigada, amostrando os seus chavellos coa boca de un palmo aberta, babexado o fuciñeiro, parecía un estraloxe, un estraloxe de un vello

     I don't know what Judas was bringing in his brain Mr. Pedro, whom I saw the day before yesterday running around, as a kid, and gathering his neighbours asking them to come swiftly to his barn and wait for him; I don't know if a colony of worms was scampering around the center of his brains, because he looked as a madman, almost pulling out the hair from under the hat, without rhyme of reason, and without care; I don't know what was itching him, I don't know if he was possessed by a demon; because his breath was fire and the eyes two lamps, and the face all folded, showing his fangs with mouth open wide, the snout drooling, he looked as a ravel, an old man's ravel

• chavella

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