anticristu

Asturian

Alternative forms

• anticristo
• antecristu (archaic)
• entecristu (archaic)
• Ante-Cristu (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Antichristus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌantiˈkɾistu/ [ˌãn̪.t̪iˈkɾis̪.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -istu
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧cris‧tu
  • (Western Asturias) IPA^(key): [ˌĩn̪.t̪iˈkɾis̪.t̪u]

Noun

anticristu m (plural anticristos)

1. antichrist
   • 1789, Xosefa Xovellanos, Proclamación de Carlos IV n'Uviedo‎^[1] (poem):

     Mas como non había visto ,
     El Ante-Cristu nin ñada ,
     D' otres coses que ños llibros
     El mió cura arrellataba

     But because I hadn't seen
     The antichrist or anything
     Other than in books
     [That] my priest narrated

2. (colloquial) troublemaker, rascal

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “anticristu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “anticristu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN