reino

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See also: Reino and reinó

Galician

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Coat or arms of the Kingdom of Galicia

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reino, from Latin rēgnum. Compare Portuguese reino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrejno/
  • Rhymes: -ejno
  • Hyphenation: rei‧no

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

  1. realm; kingdom (a realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign)
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 348:
      el rrey don Fernãdo, coydãdo fazer prol dos rreynos et de seus fillos, partio os rreynos en esta guisa: deu a dõ Sancho, que era o mayor, Castela et Nauarra ata o Ebro, quanto tijna cona Estremadura; et deu a dom Afonso, o meyão, Leõ et Asturas cõ hũa peça de Cãpos; et deu a dom Garçia, que era o meor, o rreyno de Galiza, cõ todo o que elle gaanara en Portugal
      king Ferdinand, wanting to act for the good of the realms and of his children, distributed his realms in this way: to Sancho, who was the elder, he gave Castille and Navarre till the river Ebro, together with the frontier; to Alfonso, the middle son, he granted León and Asturias, with a piece of Campos; and he give Garcia, who was the younger, the kingdom of Galicia with everything he gained in Portugal
    • 1346, M. Lucas Alvarez, P. P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 497:
      tan ben no reyno de Portugal, conmo no reyno de Galisa
      in the kingdom of Portugal as well as in the kingdom of Galicia
  2. (taxonomy) kingdom

Verb

reino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reinar

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēgnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

  1. kingdom

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Fala: reinu
  • Galician: reino
  • Portuguese: reino

Further reading

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish reino.

Noun

reino

  1. kingdom

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: rei‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reino (kingdom), from Latin rēgnum. Compare Galician and Spanish reino.

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

  1. kingdom (nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen)
    Era uma vez uma princesa que vivia num reino longínquo.
    Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived in a faraway kingdom.
  2. (biology, taxonomy) kingdom
    Os seres humanos pertencem ao reino animal.
    Humans belong to the animal kingdom.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Swahili: Ureno (Portugal)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

reino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreino/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eino
  • Syllabification: rei‧no

Etymology 1

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Spanish reino~regno, borrowed from Latin rēgnum.

Noun

reino m (plural reinos)

  1. kingdom
  2. (taxonomy) kingdom
  3. realm, world
    entrar al reino de la fantasía
    to enter into the realm of fantasy
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

reino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reinar

Further reading