soá

• soán, solá, solana, suá, xoá

Probably from Latin solana, from solum (“ground”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /soˈa/

soá f (plural soás)

1. (anatomy) low spine or backbone

   Synonyms: carrelo, cerrizo, espiña, espiña dorsal

   Béixame en donde remata a soán! (18th century interjection) ― Kiss my ass! (literally, “Kiss me where the backbone ends!”)

2. (cooking) salted pork backbone

   Synonym: óso da soá

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “soá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃoaː]
• Hyphenation: soá

soá (plural soák)

1. alternative form of soa