entendemento

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese entendemento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): entender (“to understand”) +‎ -mento. Compare Portuguese entendimento and Spanish entendimiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entendeˈmento̝/

Noun

entendemento m (plural entendementos)

1. understanding
2. reasoning; good judgment
   • 1319, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 44:

     Eu donna Mayor Moniz jazendo doente de grave infirmidade en o corpo pero con todo meu siso et entendemento conprido [...]

     I, lady Maior Moniz, lying sick because of a serious illness of my body, but with all of my intellect and good judgement [...]

Further reading

• “entendemento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

References

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