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morriña

Morriña refers to the feeling of emptiness, melancholy or nostalgia for lack of a person or for not being at home, which is usually considered characteristic of Galician temperament.

luscofusco

Luscofusco is the light that appears on the sky when the sun goes down.

rabudo

Rabudo is an adjective which describes a person being grumpy in an irritating way.

ruliña

Ruliña literally means a small bird, however, it is used as "darling". It is mostly used by grandparents speaking about their grandchildren.

trapallada

Trapallada can be anything that is useless, insignificant or badly done.

orballo

In Galicia it rains a lot. Hence, Galician people came up with a word "orballo", which means a rain that is neither heavy nor light.

arroiar

To rain cats and dogs non-stop.

parvo

Parvo is an adjective which means irrationally stupid.