enfermidade

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enfermidade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īnfirmitās.

Pronunciation

Noun

enfermidade f (plural enfermidades)

  1. disease
  2. sickness, illness
    • 1302, C. de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 144:
      Eu Gonſaluo Eaneſ, caualleyro de Çerracõeſ, poſto en grande enfermidade pero cõ todo meu ſſiſo τ cõ toda mia mente ordino meus bẽeſ en guiſa que nõ naſca y contẽda depus mia morte
      I, Gonzalo Eanes, knight of Zarracós, set in a grand illness but with all of my wits and all of my mind, I order my assets so that no conflict is born because of them after my decease
    Synonym: doenza

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enfermidade, enfermedade, from Latin īnfirmitātem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feɾ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feɾ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feɻ.miˈda.de/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feɻ.miˈda.de/

  • Hyphenation: en‧fer‧mi‧da‧de

Noun

enfermidade f (plural enfermidades)

  1. disease
  2. illness, sickness
    Synonym: doença
  3. infirmity