beldade

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beldade, probably an internal formation based on belo + -dade (as with Spanish beldad).[1]

Noun

beldade f (plural beldades)

  1. beauty (the quality of being beautiful)
  2. beauty; belle (beautiful female)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bello”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 562

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beldade, probably an internal formation based on belo + -dade (as with Spanish beldad).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bewˈda.d͡ʒi/ [beʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bewˈda.de/ [beʊ̯ˈda.de]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɛlˈda.dɨ/ [bɛɫˈda.ðɨ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: bel‧da‧de

Noun

beldade f (plural beldades)

  1. beauty (the quality of being beautiful)
  2. beauty; belle (beautiful female)
  3. (informal) other woman

References

  • beldade”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 20092025
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bello”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 562