a cada gochín lléga-y so samartín
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- a cada gochu-y llega'l so samartín
- a tou gochu-y llega'l so samartín
- a tou gochu-y llega so samartín
- a cada gochín lléga-y el samartín
- a tou gochín lléga-y so samartín
- nun hai gochu que nun-y llege'l so samartín
- nun hai gochín que nun-y llege'l so samartín
- nun hai gochu que nun-y llege'l samartín
(among many others)
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “every pig gets its due Saint Martin”, Saint Martin is the festivity where pigs are traditionally slaughtered before Winter and became synonymous with the slaughter and even meat of pigs. Compare Mirandese a cada cochino chega-le l sou San Martino, Galician a todo porquiño lle chega o seu San Martiño, Catalan a cada porc li arriba el seu Sant Martí, Italian ad ogni porcello il suo San Martino, German jede Sau hat ihren Martinstag, Basque txerriari ailegatuko zaio San Martin, Portuguese a cada bacorinho vem o seu São Martinho, Romanian pentru fiecare porc vine ignatul or Spanish a cada cerdo le llega su San Martín, all alluding to the same event.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /a ˈkada ɣoˈt͡ʃin ˈʎeɣai̯ so samaɾˈtin/ [a ˈka.ð̞a ɣoˈt͡ʃĩɲ ˈʎe.ɣai̯ so sa.maɾˈt̪ĩŋ]
- Syllabification: a ca‧da go‧chín llé‧ga-y so sa‧mar‧tín
Proverb
[edit]a cada gochín lléga-y so samartín
- (idiomatic) everyone will meet their Waterloo, their fate, eventually
- 1942, Enrique Pérez-Álvarez, Un casu concencia[1]:
- Pero como a cada gochu i allega so samartín, y toes les coses desti mundu que se encomencipien tamién se acaben, asina pasó con aquestes dichoses fiestes.
- But because everyone meets their Waterloo, and all things in this world that are begun also end, so happened with these joyful festivities.