beldade

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beldade, probably an internal formation based on belo + -dade (as with Spanish beldad).

Noun

beldade f (plural beldades)

1. beauty (the quality of being beautiful)
2. beauty; belle (beautiful female)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “beldade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “beldade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beldade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “beldade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beldade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “beldade” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beldade, probably an internal formation based on belo + -dade (as with Spanish beldad).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bewˈda.d͡ʒi/ [beʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bewˈda.d͡ʒi/ [beʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bewˈda.de/ [beʊ̯ˈda.de]

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

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: bel‧da‧de

Noun

beldade f (plural beldades)

1. beauty (the quality of being beautiful)
2. beauty; belle (beautiful female)
3. (informal) other woman

References

• “beldade”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024