pardo

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.

Noun

pardo (plural pardos or pardoes)

  1. (historical) A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.

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Asturian

Adjective

pardo

  1. neuter of pardu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish pardo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)

  1. brown
    Synonyms: castaño, marrón

Derived terms

Noun

pardo m (plural pardos)

  1. burel
    • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
      mando a Pedro seu fillo çinquo varas de pardo para huna capa
      I bequeath Peter, his son, five yards of brown for a cloak
    Synonym: burel

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek παρδός (pardós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.do/
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: pàr‧do

Noun

pardo m (plural pardi)

  1. (archaic, literary) pard, leopard, panther

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Latin

Noun

pardō

  1. dative/ablative singular of pardus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
 

  • Hyphenation: par‧do

Noun

pardo m (plural pardos, feminine parda, feminine plural pardas)

  1. multiracial person
    Hyponyms: caboclo, cafuzo, mameluco, mestiço, mulato
    Coordinate terms: amarelo, branco, indígena, negro
    Pardo é um termo oficial no Brasil formalmente utilizado para descrever alguém de origem multirracial.
    Pardo is an official term used formally in Brazil to describe someone of multiracial origins.

Adjective

pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas, not comparable)

  1. brown
    Synonym: marrom
  2. mulatto; brown-skinned (but not black)
    Synonym: moreno
  3. grayish, dun

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pardus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾdo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾdo
  • Syllabification: par‧do

Adjective

pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)

  1. dun, brown
    Synonym: marrón
  2. (of weather) dull, overcast
  3. (of a voice) gruff, hoarse
  4. (Latin America, now uncommon) mulatto
    Synonyms: mulato, guayabudo, moreno

Derived terms

Noun

pardo m (plural pardos)

  1. (poetic, literary) leopard
    Synonyms: leopardo, pantera

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