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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. Either from Basque ezker (“left”), or both from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare Spanish izquierdo and Catalan esquerra.
Pronunciation
Adjective
esquerdo (feminine esquerda, masculine plural esquerdos, feminine plural esquerdas)
- left, left-hand
- Synonym: seistro
- Antonym: dereito
- (politics) left, left-wing
- Antonym: dereito
- left-handed
- Synonyms: seistro, coxeno, curdo
- Antonym: destro
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esquerdo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esquerdo”, 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), “esquerdo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esquerdo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Either from Basque ezker (“left”), or both from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare Spanish izquierdo and Catalan esquerra.
Pronunciation
Adjective
esquerdo (feminine esquerda, masculine plural esquerdos, feminine plural esquerdas, comparable, comparative mais esquerdo, superlative o mais esquerdo or esquerdíssimo)
- left; left-hand; on or towards the left side
- Synonym: sestro
- Antonym: direito
- (politics, rare) Synonym of esquerdista
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
esquerdo
- first-person singular present indicative of esquerdar