un senabre

Catalan

Etymology

From the puny size of a mustard seed. Compare English usages such as "without a grain of sense".

Adverb

(in negative phrases) nothing at all
sense menjar un senabre de res ― without eating anything at all

Further reading

“senabre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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