adrede

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century; probably from Old Spanish adrede; compare Spanish adrede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈðɾeðe̝/

Adverb

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: á mantenta, a propósito

   Antonym: sen querer

References

• “adrede” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “adrede” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “adrede” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “adrede” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “adrede” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Middle English

Verb

adrede

1. Alternative form of adreden

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• adrêde (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Vandalic *at (“at”) + *rith (“advice”);
• Latin dīrectus (“direct; straight”);
• Latin ad (“to”) rēctē (“rightly; correctly”);
• Old Occitan adreit.

Pronunciation

Adverb

adrede

1. (archaic) on purpose

   Synonyms: intencionalmente, de propósito, propositadamente, propositalmente

   Antonyms: acidentalmente, sem querer

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Old Catalan adret (Old Occitan adreit);
• Vandalic *at (“at”) + *rith (“advice”);
• Latin dīrectus (“direct; straight”);
• Latin ad (“to”) rēctē (“rightly; correctly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɾede/
• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧de

Adverb

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: deliberadamente, intencionadamente, intencionalmente, a propósito, de propósito, a posta, queriendo

Further reading

• “adrede”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014