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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



In English
Starting with
In Galician
Exact match
Title page
About
- chess-board, chest, chestnut, chew, chic, Chicano, chick, chicken, chiding, chief, chiefly, chieftain, chieftainship, chiffon, chiffonier, child, childbear, childbearing, childbirth


chief


- noun
- xefe

EN It was one day down in Arklow, a cold bitter day, not long before the chief died.
GL Aconteceu un día en Arklow, un día de frío danado, pouco tempo antes da morte do xefe.
- Fonte: RET (778)
- presidente

EN Twenty-five-year-old Manari is the son of the last shaman, who died three years ago, and chief of the 115 Zaparo who live in the Amazonian province of Pastaza, along the banks of the Conambo River 240 kilometres south of Quito.
GL Así fala Manari, 25 anos, fillo do derradeiro chamán falecido hai tres anos e presidente dos 115 záparas que viven na actual provincia amazónica de Pastaza, a 240 quilómetros ó sur de Quito nas ribeiras do río Conambo.
- Fonte: C09 (77)


- adjective
- principal

EN The people of Melgueiras, cut off from civilization, have a very cheerful air and are kindly, pleasant and simple; the chief event of their lives is a pilgrimage to Santiago.
GL A xente de Melgueiras, illada da civilización, ten un aire moi alegre e amable, agradable e simple; o acontecemento principal das súas vidas é a peregrinaxe a Santiago.
- Fonte: GAL (819)
- xeral

EN "Given its role in the region it is not surprising that Egypt should be the subject of defamation," said chief prosecutor Sameh Seif, "but what is cause for wonder is that it comes from within, from those who share our lives yet leave only harm and pain in their wake".
GL "Dado o papel que cumpre Exipto na rexión, non é de estrañar que o difamen", sinalou o procurador xeral, Sameh Seif. "Pero o sorprendente é que esas insidias procedan do interior".
- Fonte: C25 (497)