galardón

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gualardon, cognate with Portuguese galardão, Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally ‘back-payment’: compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalaɾˈðoŋ/

Noun

galardón m (plural galardóns)

1. award
2. reward
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 237:

     Et poys ma derõ tódoslos rreys por galardón do que fige, quero gardar meu galardón

     And because all the kings gave her to me as a reward for what I did, I want to keep my reward

Derived terms

• galardoar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gualardon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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), “galardón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gualardón (obsolete)

Etymology

From older gualardón, from Old Spanish galardon, gualardon, metathesis of *guadarlon, of Germanic origin (compare Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), also related to English guerdon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalaɾˈdon/ [ɡa.laɾˈð̞õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧lar‧dón

Noun

galardón m (plural galardones)

1. award, prize

   Synonyms: premio, reconocimiento

2. reward

   Synonym: recompensa

Derived terms

• galardonar

 

Further reading

• “galardón”, 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