adega

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adega (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier *abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of bodega and botica. Compare Portuguese adega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ˈðɛ.ɣɐ]

Noun

adega f (plural adegas)

1. cellar (collection of wine)
   • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:

     Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar

     Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both together bought a half of said cellar from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii

2. bodega, winery
3. shed, outbuilding

Derived terms

• Adega
• Adegas
• adegueiro

Related terms

• bodega
• botica

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Compare Galician adega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈde.ɡa/

Noun

adega f (plural adegas)

1. cellar (collection of wine)
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Pero da Ponte, B 1648: Quen seu parente vendia (facsimile)

     Bõadega de vinho

     A good wine cellar

Descendants

• Galician: adega
• Portuguese: adega

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "adega"

Portuguese

adega

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adega, from earlier abdega, from *abodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Cognate with Galician adega. Doublet of apoteca, bodega, botica, and butique.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɛ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdɛ.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈðɛ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧ga

Noun

adega f (plural adegas)

1. cellar (collection of wine)
2. bodega

Derived terms

• adegar

Related terms

• bodega