falangueiro

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese falagueyro (flatterer), from older afalagar (modern afagar), probably from Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, to behave kindly).[1] Semantically influenced by falar (to speak), from Vulgar Latin fabulare.

Cognate of Portuguese fagueiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /falaŋˈɡejɾo̝/

Noun

falangueiro m (feminine singular falangueira, masculine plural falangueiros, feminine plural falangueiras)

  1. a natural conversationalist

Adjective

falangueiro m (feminine singular falangueira, masculine plural falangueiros, feminine plural falangueiras)

  1. pleasantly talkative and sociable
  2. flatterer
    • c1275, Eladio Oviedo Arce (ed.), "Fragmento de una versión gallega del Código de Las Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio", in López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 6:
      deliura con teu amingo todalas cousas que ouueres (a fazer). primeyramente sabe quen he el. porque moytos (omees) que pareçen amingos de fora. e son falagueyros de parauua que an a uoentade contraria do que demostran
      deliberate with you friend every matter, but fist you must know who he is; because many men that look like friends are word flatters who have the contrary will than that that they show

References

  • falagueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • falag” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • falangueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • falangueiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • falangueiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. halagar.
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