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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gualardon, cognate with Portuguese galardão, Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally ‘back-payment’: compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan.
Pronunciation
Noun
galardón m (plural galardóns)
- award
- reward
1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 237:Et poys ma derõ tódoslos rreys por galardón do que fige, quero gardar meu galardón- And because all the kings gave her to me as a reward for what I did, I want to keep my reward
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References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gualardon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “galardón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Spanish
Etymology
From older gualardón, from Old Spanish galardon, gualardon, metathesis of *guadarlon, of Germanic origin (compare Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), also related to English guerdon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡalaɾˈdon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ga‧lar‧dón
Noun
galardón m (plural galardones)
- award, prize
- Synonyms: premio, reconocimiento
- reward
- Synonym: recompensa
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