garrido

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese garrido (“cheerful”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from garrir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡaˈriðʊ] === Participle === garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas) past participle of garrir === Adjective === garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas) lush, fresh-looking; healthy; strong Boa roupa e boa vida, fan á vella garrida. (proverb) ― Good clothes and good life make the old woman healthy (and fresh looking). c1350, K. M. Parker. (ed.) (1975), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120: 1355, Alfonso Álvarez Villasandino: por fogir de fealdade, | e fui ver con omildade | mui garrida catadura. for fleeing ugliness, | and I went see with humbleness | very beauty countenance. Synonym: louzán blonde; auburn (archaic) cheerful; frivolous; brainless === Noun === garrido m (plural garridos) a generic precious item ==== Related terms ==== garrir === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “garrido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “garrido”, 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), “garrido”, 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), “garrido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garrido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From garrir. === Pronunciation === === Participle === garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas) past participle of garrir === Adjective === garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas) garish, showy, brash Synonym: vistoso elegant Synonym: elegante bright, cheerful Synonyms: alegre, animado === Further reading === “garrido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “garrido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “garrido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Past participle of Old Spanish garrir (“to chat, prattle”), from Latin garrīre (“to chatter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈrido/ [ɡaˈri.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ido Syllabification: ga‧rri‧do === Adjective === garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas) hefty; strong; strong-looking (of a woman) good-looking; beauteous elegant; gentlemanly ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: garrit === Participle === garrido (feminine garrida, masculine plural garridos, feminine plural garridas) past participle of garrir === Further reading === “garrido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025