faiado

Galician

Faiado ("attic")

Etymology

From faiar (to tile with boards), from Latin fagus (beech).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈjaðo̝/

Noun

faiado m (plural faiados)

  1. attic
    • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea:
      fixo unha casa nova de sótano e de sobrado co outón de pinche pró Norte que refrescara o faiado
      he built a new house, with ground and upper floor, with the gable facing north for refreshing the attic
    Synonym: faio

Verb

faiado m (feminine singular faiada, masculine plural faiados, feminine plural faiadas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of faiar

References

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