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

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



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- chrome, chromosome, chronic, chronicle, chronicler, chronological, chrysalis, chubby, chuck, chuckle, chug, chum, chunk, chunky, church, churchgoer, churchyard, churn, chysanthemum


chuckle


- intransitive verb
- rir entre dentes

EN "All according to law --all in strict form of justice," said the self-sufficient escribano, chuckling and rubbing his hands.
GL Todo conforme coa lei; todo dentro da máis estricta xustiza --dixo o autosuficiente escribán, rindo entre dentes e fregando nas mans.
- Fonte: ALH (57)
- sorrir para si

EN He could not help, too, rolling his large eyes round him as he ate, and chuckling with the possibility that he might one day be lord of all this scene of almost unimaginable luxury and splendor.
GL Ademais, non podía evitar percorrer aquela sala coa mirada mentres comía e sorrir para si ante a posibilidade de se converter algún día no amo e señor de todo aquel espectáculo de luxo e esplendor case inimaxinables.
- Fonte: LEN (190)


- noun
- risiña

EN But it was not his meaning --it was the odd chuckle he gave, as if he had said, Throw yourself over the cliff if you like, I don't care.
GL Pero non era o seu significado o que a amolaba: era aquela risiña que soltou como dicindo «Guíndese do cantil embaixo se lle peta, a min tanto lle me ten».
- Fonte: CAR (1583)