pardo
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.
Noun
pardo (plural pardos or pardoes)
- (historical) A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.
Anagrams
Asturian
Adjective
pardo
- neuter of pardu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish pardo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾðo̝/
Adjective
pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)
Derived terms
Noun
pardo m (plural pardos)
- burel
- 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
- mando a Pedro seu fillo çinquo varas de pardo para huna capa
- I bequeath Peter, his son, five yards of brown [cloth, i.e. burel] for a cloak
- mando a Pedro seu fillo çinquo varas de pardo para huna capa
- Synonym: burel
- 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pardo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pardo”, 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), “pardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek παρδός (pardós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpar.do/
- Rhymes: -ardo
- Hyphenation: pàr‧do
Noun
pardo m (plural pardi)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
pardō
- dative/ablative singular of pardus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus.
Pronunciation
Audio (Brazil): (file)
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaʁ.du/ [ˈpaɦ.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾ.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpaʁ.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaɻ.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾ.du/ [ˈpaɾ.ðu]
- Hyphenation: par‧do
Noun
pardo m (plural pardos, feminine parda, feminine plural pardas)
- multiracial person
Adjective
pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas, not comparable)
Further reading
- pardos on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾdo/ [ˈpaɾ.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɾdo
- Syllabification: par‧do
Adjective
pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)
- dun, brown
- Synonym: marrón
- (of weather) dull, overcast
- (of a voice) gruff, hoarse
- (Latin America, now uncommon) mulatto
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
pardo m (plural pardos)
Further reading
- “pardo”, 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