dalmática

See also: dalmatica

Portuguese

dalmática

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin dalmatica, feminine of dalmaticus (literally “Dalmatian”), from the name of the province of Dalmatia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dawˈma.t͡ʃi.kɐ/ [daʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dawˈma.t͡ʃi.kɐ/ [daʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dawˈma.t͡ʃi.ka/ [daʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dalˈma.ti.kɐ/ [daɫˈma.ti.kɐ]

• Hyphenation: dal‧má‧ti‧ca

Noun

dalmática f (plural dalmáticas)

1. dalmatic

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalˈmatika/ [d̪alˈma.t̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -atika
• Syllabification: dal‧má‧ti‧ca

Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin, derived ultimately from the name of the province of Dalmatia.

Noun

dalmática f (plural dalmáticas)

1. dalmatic
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Al padre Poquito, que hacía de diácono, le arrastraba la dalmática, por ser él de menguadísima estatura, y marchaba con los ojos bajos y toda su cara contrita y afligida como la de quien, siendo ángel, se cree pecador.

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Etymology 2

Adjective

dalmática f sg

1. feminine singular of dalmático

Further reading

• “dalmático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28