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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese bondade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin bonitātem, from Latin bonus. Compare Portuguese bondade, Spanish bondad.
Pronunciation
Noun
bondade f (plural bondades)
- goodness, kindness, mildness
- Antonym: maldade
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bondade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bondade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “bondade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bondade” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bondade” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese bondade, from Latin bonitātem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
- Hyphenation: bon‧da‧de
Noun
bondade f (plural bondades)
- goodness, kindness, mildness
Os chineses dizem: a bondade gera bondade e o mal gera punição.- Say the Chinese: goodness begets goodness and evil begets punishment.
- indulgence
- Synonym: indulgência
Antonyms