Reconquista

See also: reconquista and reconquistá

English

Etymology

From Spanish reconquista (“reconquest”).

Proper noun

the Reconquista

1. (Iberian history) The process by which the Christian countries of Spain and Portugal were reconquered and regained from the Moors.

Translations

reconquest of Spain and Portugal by Christians

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收復失地運動 / 收复失地运动 (Shōufùshīdìyùndòng)

• German: Reconquista (de) f, Rekonquista f
• Hindi: पुनर्विजय f (punarvijay)
• Portuguese: Reconquista f

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈkis.tɐ/ [he.kõˈkis.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈkis.tɐ/ [he.kõˈkis.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈkiʃ.tɐ/ [χe.kõˈkiʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈkis.ta/ [he.kõˈkis.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõˈkiʃ.tɐ/

• Homophone: reconquista
• Hyphenation: Re‧con‧quis‧ta

Proper noun

Reconquista f

1. (historical) Reconquista (reconquest of Portugal and Spain by Christians)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekonˈkista/ [re.kõŋˈkis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: Re‧con‧quis‧ta

Proper noun

Reconquista f

1. (historical) Reconquista (reconquest of Spain and Portugal by Christians)