vontade

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Portuguese vontade and Spanish voluntad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bon.ˈta.ðɪ]

Noun

vontade f (plural vontades)

1. will; volition

   Synonyms: albedrío, arbitrio, gana

2. desire, wish

   Synonym: desexo

3. intention; purpose

   Synonym: intención

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• võtade (obsolete, abbreviation)
• vomtade (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade, from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Galician vontade and Spanish voluntad.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /võˈta.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /võˈta.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /võˈta.de/

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /võˈta.dɨ/ [võˈta.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõˈta.dɨ/ [bõˈta.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: von‧ta‧de

Noun

vontade f (plural vontades)

1. will; the condition of feeling like or wanting something

   Casei-me com ele contra a minha vontade.

   I married him against my will.

   Estou com vontade de chorar.

   I feel like crying.

2. desire, wish

   Synonym: desejo

3. intention; purpose

   Synonym: intenção

Derived terms

• à vontade
• ter vontade de