Entroido
Galician
    

Entroido cowntdown in Xinzo, Galicia
Etymology
    
13th century. From Latin introitus, "entering", referred to the year. Cognate with Portuguese entrudo, Mirandese antruido and Asturian antroxu.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): (standard) /enˈtɾojðo̝/, /anˈtɾojðo̝/, /enˈtɾujðo̝/
 
Noun
    
Entroido m (plural Entroidos)
- Shrovetide (days immediately preceding Lent, which are traditionally considered a festive occasion, marked by parades and carnivals)
- Synonym: carnaval
 
- 1363, Emilio Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de S. Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 208:
- Et darnos edes vos e as ditas vosas vozes por dereitura cada ano pola festa dentroydo hua boa galina
- And you and your heirs should give to us, because of this right, a good hen by the festivities of Shrovetide
 
 
 - 1447, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, Pedro Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 518:
- et daredes en cada huun anno huun par de gallinas ãã dita oveença por cada dia de domingo de Entroydo
- and you should give, every year, a pair of hens to that chapter, each Shrove Sunday
 
 
 
 
References
    
- “entroydo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
 - “entroydo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
 - “Entroido” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
 - “Entroido” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
 - “Entroido” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
 
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