maino

Attested since 1838. Probably a deverbal adjective from amainar (“to calm down”), itself probably from Old Occitan amainà (“to tame, to calm down”), from Latin mansiō (“mansion, house”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajnʊ]

maino (feminine maina, masculine plural mainos, feminine plural mainas)

1. soft, weak, feeble, calm, tame

   Synonyms: feble, frouxo, suave, lene

• mainiño

 

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maino m (plural mainos)

1. ragworm (Hediste diversicolor); often used as bait in fishing

• amainar

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