adrede

Attested since the 14th century; probably from Old Spanish adrede; compare Spanish adrede

• IPA^(key): /aˈðɾeðe̝/

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: á mantenta, a propósito

   Antonym: sen querer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adrede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adrede”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adrede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adrede”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adrede”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

adrede

1. alternative form of adreden

• adrêde (obsolete)

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Vandalic *at (“at”) + *rith (“advice”);
• Latin dīrectus (“direct; straight”);
• Latin ad (“to”) rēctē (“rightly; correctly”);
• Old Occitan adreit.

adrede

1. (archaic, dialectal) on purpose

   Synonyms: intencionalmente, de propósito, propositadamente, propositalmente

   Antonyms: acidentalmente, sem querer

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Old Catalan adret (Old Occitan adreit);
• Vandalic *at (“at”) + *rith (“advice”);
• Latin dīrectus (“direct; straight”);
• Latin ad (“to”) rēctē (“rightly; correctly”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɾede/ [aˈð̞ɾe.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧de

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: deliberadamente, intencionadamente, intencionalmente, a propósito, de propósito, a posta, queriendo

• “adrede”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024