alarde

Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْعَرْض (al-ʕarḍ), compare Spanish alarde.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [aˈlaɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [aˈlaɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈlaɾ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈlaʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlaɻ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlaɾ.dɨ/ [ɐˈlaɾ.ðɨ]

Noun

alarde m (plural alardes)

1. large display, ostentation

Further reading

• “alarde”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “alarde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْعَرْض (al-ʕarḍ), from Arabic عَرْض (ʕarḍ, “exhibition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlaɾde/ [aˈlaɾ.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: a‧lar‧de

Noun

alarde m (plural alardes)

1. boast, boasting, brag
2. military parade, inspection, display
3. review, inspection
4. large display, ostentation

Derived terms

• alardear
• hacer alarde

 

Further reading

• “alarde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10