trasno

Galician

Alternative forms

• tardo, trasgo

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin trānsgredior (“I cross over (fig., the law)”). Cognate of Portuguese trasgo, Asturian trasgu, Spanish trasgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɾasnʊ]

Noun

trasno m (plural trasnos)

1. (Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) A mischievous mythological creature, usually domestic and similar to a goblin or brownie, other times more similar to a nightmare, found in the legends of the North and West of the Iberian peninsula
2. a demon
   • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:

     Máis que digan que este mundo
     Foi e será un bandallo,
     Decote detras da porta
     Non hemos de ver o trasno;

     No matter how much they say that this world
     was and is a calamity,
     Not always are we to see
     the demon behind the door

3. (figurative) a roguish child

Derived terms

• trasnada (“mischief, trick”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trasno”, 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), “trasno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trasno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trasgo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN