desleal

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Galician

Adjective

desleal m or f (plural desleais)

  1. 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)

  1. disloyal (not loyal)

Declension

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Descendants

  • English: disloyal
  • French: déloyal

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ leal.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: des‧le‧al

Adjective

desleal m or f (plural desleais)

  1. not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
    Antonym: leal
    concorrência deslealunfair 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)

  1. not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
    Antonym: leal
    competencia deslealunfair competition

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