albentestate

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • al ventestate (obsolete)
  • albentestante (Cangas del Narcea)
  • abentestate (Cabranes)

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin ab intestato, likely influenced by Arabic loanwords starting with al-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /albentesˈtate/ [al.β̞ẽn̪.t̪es̪ˈt̪a.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: al‧ben‧tes‧ta‧te

Adverb

albentestate

  1. out in the open, outdoors
    Synonyms: al rasu, al tempestate
    Antonym: atecháu
    • c. 1750, Bruno Cepeda, La enfermedad‎[1] (poem):
      Me dexen al ventestate
      Allá rumiando entre dientes,
      Como el que abandona un burru
      Metánes é nes xuncleres
      They leave me in the open
      There, pondering quietly
      As if abandoning a donkey
      In the middle of the reed beds
  2. unprotected
    Synonym: desprotexíu
    Antonym: protexíu
  3. abandoned, without support
    Zarraron la empresa y quedemos toos albentestate
    They closed the company and we were all left abandoned

References

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “albentestate”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “albentestate”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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