labrego

Galician

Catecismo do labrego (1889), by Valentín Lamas, a denunciation of the difficult living conditions of farmers

Etymology

From labrar (“to work the land”) ‎ -ego. Cognate with Spanish labriego.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laˈbɾɛɡo/ [laˈβ̞ɾɛ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laˈbɾɛɡo/ [laˈβ̞ɾɛ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laˈbɾɛħo/ [laˈβ̞ɾɛ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛɡo

• Rhymes: -ɛɡo
• Rhymes: -ɛħo

• Hyphenation: la‧bre‧go

Noun

labrego m (plural labregos, feminine labrega, feminine plural labregas)

1. peasant, farmer

   Synonym: labrador

   • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 29:

     Por aquí nacen os ricos polo outro probes labregos. Estas son as dúas castes que hai en todo o mundo inteiro.

     Here the rich people are born, there the poor peasants; these are the two races that there are in the whole world

Adjective

labrego (feminine labrega, masculine plural labregos, feminine plural labregas)

1. relative or pertaining to the farmers

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “labrego”, 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), “labrego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “labrego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Compare Galician labrego (“farmer, peasant”), which maintains the original, nonderogatory meaning.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈbɾe.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈbɾe.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈbɾe.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈbɾe.ɡu/ [lɐˈβɾe.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: la‧bre‧go

Noun

labrego m (plural labregos, feminine labrega, feminine plural labregas)

1. (Portugal, derogatory) hillbilly, redneck

   Synonym: (Brazil) caipira

Adjective

labrego (feminine labrega, masculine plural labregos, feminine plural labregas)

1. (Portugal, derogatory) relative or pertaining to hillbillys; redneckish