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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gabança (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from gabar (“to praise”) + anza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /ɡaˈbanθa/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /ħaˈbanθa/
- IPA(key): (gheada and seseo) /ħaˈbansa/
Noun
gabanza f (plural gabanzas)
- (literary) praise; flattery
1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 363:Et nõ estaua alý estonçe quen rrijsse, nẽ quen falasse en alegría nẽ en gabãça, mays ante estauã todos moy tristes et fazíã grã doo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (literary) accolade
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gabança”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gabança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gabanza”, 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), “gabanza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gabanza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN