chambergas

Galician

Etymology

From chamberga (“long coat”), after the Chamberga or Royal Guard of Spain, whose popular name -given to them because of the coats they wore- was a corruption of the name of the 17th-century French general Schomberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamˈbeɾɣa̝s/

Noun

chambergas m or f (invariable)

1. (derogatory) bad dressed person

Related terms

• chamberga
• chambergo

References

• “chamberga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chambergo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chambergas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.