Adjective: releón
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | releón |
| Singular f. | releona |
| Plural m. | releóns |
| Plural f. | releonas |
Sample Sentences
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Pra que vayan á labrar, E que sepan como sabe
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O pan que o demo amasou, E sean mais releons,
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Cando lle os ministros pidan Os mil quinientos millos. (For them to go to work, and to know how it tastes
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the bread the devil knead, and to be more tenacious [to better haggle]
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when the ministers ask them for a thousand and a half million) [c. 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de quintas:]
Adjectives inflected like releón
comellón,
comichón,
zoupón,
narneón,
felón,
lapón,
nipón,
papón,
picón,
roñón,
rifón,
pedichón,
fungón,
lambón,
chorón,
nifrón,
rinchón,
releón,
rosmón,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Italic *wre-
3. Latin re-
4. Old Galician-Portuguese re-
5. Galician re-
6. Galician lear
7. Galician relear
8. Galician -ón
9. Galician releón
10. From relear (“to haggle”) + -ón.
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