encabuxar

Attested since the 18th century. From en- +‎ cabuxa (“kid, goat”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋkɑβuˈʃaɾ]

encabuxar (first-person singular present encabuxo, first-person singular preterite encabuxei, past participle encabuxado)

1. (transitive) to annoy; to bother

   Synonyms: enfadar, enrabechar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get angry

   Synonyms: enfadar, enrabechar

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Dime algùnha còusa dòce
     como habes doito, é catá,
     que si así no no fazèdes,
     me escatìmo, évelo hàs.
     Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
     como estas cousas se fàn,
     è madia tendes, senon
     eu êime de encabuxar.

     Tell me something sweet
     As you use to, but beware,
     if you don't do it like that
     I'll take offence, you'll see.
     You know well, it could not be otherwise,
     how these things are done,
     no doubt about it, or else
     I'll get angry

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to have a tantrum

   Synonym: emperrenchar

• “encabuxar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “encabuxar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “encabuxar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.