liorna

See also: Liorna

Galician

Alternative forms

• ligornia

Etymology

Attested since the 18th century. Perhaps from Latin Liburnus (“Liborna”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɔɾna̝/

Noun

liorna f (plural liornas)

1. palaver
   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Xacinto e Catriña:

     Non me veñas Xacinto con liornas / A que eu non lle dou creto, / Que esa labia éche o abouxo das bigornas

     Don't come to me with palavers, Xacinto, which I don't give credit; because this glibness of yours is the din of the anvils

2. gibberish, drivel, ramble
3. uproar, din

   Synonyms: abouxo, barullo

4. quarrel

   Synonym: liorta

Derived terms

• liorta

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “liorna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “liornas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ligornia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “liorna”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “liorna”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ligar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

From Liorna (“Livorno”), an Italian city.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljoɾna/ [ˈljoɾ.na]
• Rhymes: -oɾna
• Syllabification: lior‧na

Noun

liorna f (plural liornas)

1. (uncommon, colloquial) uproar; commotion; disorder; chaos

Further reading

• “liorna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28