mexericas
Galician
Etymology
From mexer (“to mess up”) + -ico + -as. Cognate with Portuguese mexerica; compare mexericar.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meʃeˈɾika̝s/, /miʃiˈɾika̝s/
Noun
mexericas m (plural mexericas, feminine mexericas, feminine plural mexericas)
- snooty, fussy, affected, stilted person
- Synonyms: nifroso, repugnante
- crybaby
- Synonyms: choricas, choromicas, chorón, nifrón
Related terms
Adjective
mexericas m or f singular & plural
- snooty; fussy; affected; stilted
- Synonyms: nifroso, repugnante
- whiny
- Deixa de chorar, non sexas mexericas!
- Stop crying, don't be a crybaby!
- Synonyms: choricas, choromicas, chorón, nifrón
References
- “mixiricas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mexericas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mexericas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “mecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
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