mendrello

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably related to Spanish mendrugo (“piece of bread”);^[1] compare also mendo (“patch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /menˈdɾeʎo̝/

Noun

mendrello m (plural mendrellos)

rag
Synonyms: béldrago, farrapo, galdrapo, trapo

Derived terms

esmendrellar

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mendrello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mendrugo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos