Glossary of Terms: Galician Traditions and Language

Mantecadas

A ball made of butter and other ingredients.

Cruise

Monumental stone cross at the crossroads.

Mergulheira

A person who is on a pilgrimage.

San Andres

Figurines of bread painted with colors.

Senteira

The person who sells photos of saints.

Rosquillas

Sweet with a rounded hole.

Devotee

Someone who feels admiration for something or someone.

Candela

Part of wax with wicks inside.

Exvoto

Object of wax placed in a shrine with a vote.

Sanctuary

Temple to venerate, which is the holy center of pilgrimage.

Stallion

Horse leader.

Horsehair

The horse's hair.

Greas

Flock.

Colt

Offspring of a horse.

Curro

Closed area where the horses are grouped.

Rapa

A haircut.

Scan

Garbage.

Intendant

Alderman.

Plaza de Abastos

Market.

Consistory

County.

Suburb

Neighborhood.

Patterns

List of inhabitants of a population.

Rates

Money paid to the public entity.

Prevarication

Misuse of public money.

Ordinances

Sets of standards that govern a council.

Lieutenant Mayor

Adviser in charge of certain functions in neighborhoods.

Parishes

Basic unit of territorial division in Portugal.

Prowl

Watch.

Chest

To untangle hair.

Anoar

To tie.

Agatuñar

Climbing.

Rabun

Rip.

Rubir

Up.

Axeonlllar

Enter on your knees.

Debruzar

Support.

Highway

Platform that stands for someone to declare.

Aloumiñon

Caring.

Alcumar

Appoint.

Baker

Type of hat.

Cohesion: Semantics

Anaphora or recurrence (repeat).

Deíctico: Adverb, adjective, pronoun.

Paraphrase (replace).

Connectors: Space: forward, behind. Time: before, now, then, always, sometimes.

Occidentalis

Gheada, Sese, -n (s) -an (but. fem.) ti, VT-e.

Afisterra

Sese, cheismo (North ui.sur-hi).

A. Tudense

Hi / ui.teismo, thou, that, ais.

B. Central

-s (ns), a / a.tu, perf.i, hi.

A. Mindoniense

Close vowels.

A. Lucu-Aurinse

Isto.il.

B. Oriental

-if (ns). to / a.iño-in.o / ui. ua.a (AI).

A. Asturiana

Ius / IAS, l `avola.

A. Ancaresa

Vocals nasalizadas.gheada.

A. Zamorana

No cheismo.1perf without.

Abbreviations

Reduced representations of words or statements.

Acronyms

Lexical formation in which they use the initials of words.

Symbols

Abbreviations of universal use in science and technology.

Acronyms

Words formed from initial letters and some other names.