cortello

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since 1332. From cortella, from Latin cohorticula, diminutive of cohors. Cognate with Spanish cortijo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koɾˈteʎo̝/ === Noun === cortello m (plural cortellos) pigsty small stable or department inside it, specially when destined to pigs, sheep or goats Synonym: cortella (derogatory, figurative) untidy and small place Fillo, arromba o teu cuarto que está feito un cortello! ― Son, clean you room: it is a pigsty! ==== Related terms ==== corte cortella === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cortello”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cortello”, 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), “cortello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN