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Galician
Etymology
From destemer, from temer (“to fear”). Cognate with Portuguese destemido.
Pronunciation
Adjective
destemido (feminine destemida, masculine plural destemidos, feminine plural destemidas)
- fearless
1886, Eduado Pondal, Queixume dos Pinos:así, cando caeran aqueles destemidos
de nobres ideales os boos peitos enchidos
non caeran en vano en oprobioso olvido
coma o vulgo dos homes n'escuridade estintos- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- reckless
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “destemido”, 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), “destemido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “destemido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
destemido (feminine destemida, masculine plural destemidos, feminine plural destemidas)
- fearless (free from fear)
- Synonym: impávido