herdar

From Old Galician-Portuguese herdar, from Latin hērēditāre. Cognate with Portuguese herdar and Spanish heredar.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈðaɾ/

herdar (first-person singular present herdo, first-person singular preterite herdei, past participle herdado)

1. to inherit
   • Mathew 5:5:

     Ditosos os non violentos, porque eles herdarán a terra

     Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth

2. (archaic) to inherit (to put in possession of)
   • 1256, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 719:

     dou u meu casal d-Alariz et erdo a vos del cum tudas suas pertinenzas

     I give you my hamlet at Allariz and inherit it to you with all of its belongings

• herdanza
• herdeiro

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese erdar, from Latin hērēditāre.

• Hyphenation: her‧dar

herdar (first-person singular present herdo, first-person singular preterite herdei, past participle herdado)

1. (transitive, law) to inherit (receive property or a title by legal succession, etc.)
   • 1974, “Errare Humanum Est”, in A Tábua de Esmeralda, performed by Jorge Ben:

     E de pensar que não somos os primeiros seres terrestres / Pois nós herdamos uma herança cósmica

     And to think that we are not the first terrestrial beings / For we have inherited a cosmic heritage

2. (transitive, genetics) to inherit (receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission)
3. (transitive) to inherit (derive from people or conditions previously in force)

• deserdar

• “herdar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “herdar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “herdar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “herdar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “herdar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “herdar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

herdar

1. indefinite plural of herde

• hedrar