lixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese lixo, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include Latin lixa (“ashes”) or Latin lixa (“camp follower”). Cognate with Portuguese lixo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliʃo̝/

lixo m (plural lixos)

1. garbage; waste; rubbish; filth; dirt (useless material to be discarded)

   Synonyms: porcallada, ciscallo, baldrada, lorda, ludre, foria, escunchazo, suciedade

   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:

     Que o dito que aposte os ditos baños et os alinpe ben, fasta o soo, de todo lixo et lodo que touveren

     That the aforementioned man should ready the aforementioned baths, and clean them correctly, till the ground, of any dirt and mud that they can have

2. speck, fluff

   Synonym: argueiro

3. rubbish bin (small container for waste)

• lixar
• lixoso

• “lixo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lixo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “lixo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lixo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

lixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lixar

• Rhymes: -iʃu
• Hyphenation: li‧xo

From Old Galician-Portuguese lixo, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin lixa (“ashes, lye”). Cognate with Galician lixo.

lixo m (plural lixos)

1. garbage; waste; rubbish (useless material to be discarded)

   Synonyms: entulho, refugo

2. rubbish bin, trash can (small container for waste)

   Synonyms: lixeira, lixeiro

   Fiquei muito chocada na França quando não tinha lixo no banheiro.

   I was really shocked in France when there wasn't a trash can in the bathroom.

3. (colloquial) crap (something of poor quality)

   Synonyms: porcaria, (vulgar) bosta

4. (figurative, derogatory) rabble (mass of common people)

   Synonym: ralé

• → Hunsrik: Lischo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lixar

• “lixo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “lixo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “lixo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “lixo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “lixo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “lixo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “lixo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• xilo-