entroido

• Entroido
• antroido

13th century. From Latin introitus, "entering", referred to the year. Cognate with Portuguese entrudo, Mirandese antruido and Asturian antroxu.

• IPA^(key): (standard) /enˈtɾojðo̝/

entroido m (plural entroidos)

1. (usually capitalized) Shrovetide (days immediately preceding Lent, which are traditionally considered a festive occasion, marked by parades and carnivals)

   Synonym: carnaval

   • 1363, Emilio Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de S. Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 208:

     Et darnos edes vos e as ditas vosas vozes por dereitura cada ano pola festa dentroydo hua boa galina

     And you and your heirs should give to us, because of this right, a good hen by the festivities of Shrovetide

   • 1447, Manuel Lucas Álvarez & Pedro Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 518:

     et daredes en cada huun anno huun par de gallinas ãã dita oveença por cada dia de domingo de Entroydo

     and you should give, every year, a pair of hens to that chapter, each Shrove Sunday

2. mask (person wearing a mask, or disguised for a carnival)

• “entroydo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “entroydo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “entroido” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “entroido” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “entroido” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.