prelado
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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese prelado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin praelatus, form past participle of praeferō (“I prefer”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish prelado.
Pronunciation
Noun
prelado m (plural prelados)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prelado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “prelado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prelado”, 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), “prelado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prelado, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin praelātus, form past participle of praeferō (“to prefer”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pre‧la‧do
Noun
prelado m (plural prelados)
- (Christianity) prelate (a clergyman of high rank and authority)
Hyponyms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin praelātus.
Pronunciation
Noun
prelado m (plural prelados, feminine prelada, feminine plural preladas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “prelado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10