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Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese entendemento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): entender (“to understand”) + -mento. Compare Portuguese entendimento and Spanish entendimiento.
Pronunciation
Noun
entendemento m (plural entendementos)
- understanding
- reasoning; good judgment
- 1319, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 44:
- Eu donna Mayor Moniz jazendo doente de grave infirmidade en o corpo pero con todo meu siso et entendemento conprido
- I, lady Maior Moniz, lying sick because of a serious illness of my body, but with all of my intellect and good judgement
Further reading
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entendemento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entendemento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entendemento”, 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), “entendemento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entendemento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN