boqueadas
Galician
Etymology
From boquear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bokeˈaðɐs]
Noun
boqueadas f pl (plural only)
- last breath; agonal breathing; death rattle
- 1861, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Galicia:
- Anque España xa toda está rendida, e casi tod'as prazas xa tomadas, e a libertá perdida na Cruña vai a dar as boqueadas; non pode consentir, o honor llo adita, que o máis fero inimigo sin ver sangre profane a gran ciudá de María Pita.
- The whole of Spain has surrendered, almost every stronghold taken, the lost freedom is going to take her last breath in A Coruña; but he cannot consent, honour dictates it, that the fiercest enemy profanes the great city of María Pita without the sight of blood
References
- “boqueadas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “boqueada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bokeˈadas/ [bo.keˈa.ð̞as]
- Rhymes: -adas
- Syllabification: bo‧que‧a‧das
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