Meaning of nubeiro | Babel Free

Definitions

an evil creature who is able to start storms and cast lightning

Galician, masculine

Examples

“That man, sir Cavalier, is no thief. If he is anything at all, he is a nuveiro - a fellow who rides upon the clouds, and is occasionally whisked away by a gust of wind [...] he is a nuveiro and has sunk more ships than all his brethren in Galicia.”

“Faltan para completar o elenco os trasgos ou trasnos domésticos nocturnos e argallantes, o cuélebre ou cobra con ás (que custodia tesouros e vive en covas, bosques e fontes, bardante da vellez en que ise dirixe ao mar), a guaxa ou meiga chuchona, as bruxas e os malignos nubeiros, controladores da chuvia, vento e tronos. To finish the cast we need the trasgos or the nocturnal and mischievous domestic trasnos, the cuélebre or winged cobra (who guards treasures and lives in caves, woods and springs, except when it becomes old and moves to the sea), the guaxa or sucking witch, the witches and evil clouders, controllers of the rain, wind and thunder.”

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