sequera

Catalan

Noun

sequera f (plural sequeres)

  1. drought

Galician

Alternative forms

  • siquera, xiquera

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [seˈkɛɾɐ]

Adverb

sequera

  1. even
    Non houbo un mes de verán sequeraThere was not even a summery month
  2. at least
    • c. 1771, anonymous, Rosario Álvarez, Ernesto González, editors, 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

References

  • 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.

Interlingua

Verb

sequera

  1. future of sequer
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