almofada

Galician

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. From Andalusian Arabic اَلْمُخَدَّة (al-muḵadda), from Arabic مِخَدَّة (miḵadda).

Cognate with Portuguese almofada, Spanish almohada and Maltese mħadda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almoˈfada/ [ɑl.moˈfa.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: al‧mo‧fa‧da

Noun

almofada f (plural almofadas)

1. pillow

   Synonyms: cabezal, traveseiro

2. (dated) cushion
   • 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, e mays lle mando una cama de roupa con quatro cabeçaás e un colchón e un almadraque e con suas sabaas e media duzia d'almofadas e con hua manta de picote, e se ouver em casa un par de colchas, que aja ela una delas.

     Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both bought a half of it 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; and also bequeath to her a clothed bed with four pillows and a mattress and a mat, and with its sheets and half a dozen cushions and a wool blanket, and if there are in house a pair of quilts, she should have one

   Synonym: coxín

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almofada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “almofada”, 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), “almofada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “almofada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْمُخَدَّة (al-muḵadda), from Arabic مِخَدَّة (miḵadda). Cognate with Spanish almohada and Maltese mħadda.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.moˈfa.dɐ], /aw.muˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.muˈfa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.moˈfa.dɐ], /aw.muˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.muˈfa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.moˈfa.da/ [aʊ̯.moˈfa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.muˈfa.dɐ/ [aɫ.muˈfa.ðɐ]

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌaɻ.mo.ˈfa.da/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: al‧mo‧fa‧da

Noun

almofada f (plural almofadas)

1. cushion (soft material in cloth bag)
2. (chiefly Portugal) pillow

   Synonym: travesseiro

   Ela pôs o seu dente debaixo da almofada.

   She put her tooth under her pillow.

Related terms

• almofadar
• almofadado
• almofadinha (diminutive)

Further reading

• almofada on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt