migalla

Galician
Migallas

Alternative forms
  • mincalla (NW Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. Either from Vulgar Latin *micalia, from Latin mīca (“crumb”); or from miga +‎ -alla. Cognate with Portuguese migalha, Spanish migaja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miˈɣaʎa̝/

Noun

migalla f (plural migallas)

  1. crumb (a small piece which breaks off from baked food)
    Synonym: frangulla
  2. crumb (the soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust)
    Synonyms: miga, miolo, rafa
  3. (figurativelly) crumb (a bit, small amount)
    • 1298, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1203:
      eu Romeu Domingez me outorgo por ben pagado, que nin migalla non ficou en devedo por pagar
      I, Romeu Dominguez, declare myself well paid, because not even a crumb was left to be paid in debt
    Synonyms: chisca, chisco

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