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Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1460. From Old Occitan ambayssada, derivative of ambaissa (“service”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *andbahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
embaixada f (plural embaixadas)
- embassy
- ambassadorship
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “embaixada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enbayxad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “embaixada”, 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), “embaixada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese , from Old Occitan ambayssada, derivative of ambaissa (“service”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *andbahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bajˈʃa.dɐ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bajˈʃa.dɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bajˈʃa.dɐ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bajˈʃa.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bajˈʃa.da/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bajˈʃa.da/
- Hyphenation: em‧bai‧xa‧da
Noun
embaixada f (plural embaixadas)
- embassy (organization representing a foreign state)
- ambassadorship (the post or office of ambassador)
- the act of repeatedly kicking a football upwards in order to prevent it from touching the ground