tió de Nadal
English
WOTD – 23 December 2008
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan tió de Nadal, from tió (“log”) and Nadal (“Christmas”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tió de Nadal (plural tions de Nadal)
- A traditional Catalan Christmas character made by decorating a short log. It is “fed” with gifts each day from December 8th until Christmas, at which time it is sung to and beaten with sticks until it “poops”.
- 1991, Catalònia Culture, Centre Unesco de Catalunya, page 13:
- Another ritual to do with trees is the tió de Nadal, the Yule log that becomes fertile and “craps” sweets and presents;
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Translations
a wooden Christmas character that is beaten until it poops gifts
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Catalan
FWOTD – 25 December 2018
Pronunciation
Noun
tió de Nadal m (plural tions de Nadal)
- tió de Nadal (wooden Christmas character that is beaten until it "defecates" gifts)
- 1991, Catalònia Culture (Issues 25–31), p. 54:
- Un altre ritual arbori és el del tió de Nadal, la soca revella que esdevé fecunda i "caga" llaminadures i regals […]
- Another tree-related ritual is that of the Christmas log, the very old trunk that becomes fertile and "shits" out sweets and gifts […]
- Un altre ritual arbori és el del tió de Nadal, la soca revella que esdevé fecunda i "caga" llaminadures i regals […]
- Synonyms: tronca de Nadal, caga tió (colloquial)
- 1991, Catalònia Culture (Issues 25–31), p. 54:
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan tió de Nadal, from tió (“cut off stump”) and Nadal (“Christmas”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtjo de naˈdal/, [ˌt̪jo ðe naˈðal]
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