pundonor

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pundonor (“point of honour”), from Catalan punt d'honor.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

pundonor m or f by sense (plural pundonores)

  1. honour, pride
    • 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:
      […] de que só a poderiamos ter evitado sacrificando a pundonor nacional.
      that we could not have avoided it without national dishonour.
      (literally, “ that we could have only avoid sacrificing the national honour.”)

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan punt d'honor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pundoˈnoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: pun‧do‧nor

Noun

pundonor m (plural pundonores)

  1. self-respect, amour propre

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: pundonor

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