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Galician
Adjective
desleal m or f (plural desleais)
- not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
- Antonym: leal
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Old French
Adjective
desleal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular desleal or desleale)
- disloyal (not loyal)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + leal.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: des‧le‧al
Adjective
desleal m or f (plural desleais)
- not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
- Antonym: leal
- concorrência desleal ― unfair competition
1605, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Conde de Azevedo and António Feliciano de Castilho, Dom Quixote:Que te demoras, Leonela, em ir chamar ao mais desleal amigo de quantos viu a Rosa divina, de quantos a noite nunca favoreceu?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + leal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desleˈal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: des‧le‧al
Adjective
desleal m or f (masculine and feminine plural desleales)
- not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
- Antonym: leal
- competencia desleal ― unfair competition
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