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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese verdade, from Latin vēritātem, accusative singular of vēritās (“truth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
verdade f (plural verdades)
- truth
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “verdade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “verdade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “verdaa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verdade”, 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), “verdade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verdade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese verdade, from Latin vēritātem (“truth”), from vērus (“true”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-, *weh₁ros.
Pronunciation
Noun
verdade f (plural verdades)
- (uncountable) truth (conformity to fact or reality)
- Synonyms: autenticidade, exatidão, realidade, veracidade
- Antonyms: falsidade, inautenticidade
- (uncountable) truth (true facts)
- a true statement or fact
- Synonym: facto
- Antonyms: mentira, patranha, peta, lorota, balela
- (archaic) truthfulness; honesty (the quality of being truthful, honest)
- 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page IV:
(natural da villa de Montemor o velho, muito conhecido por nobre & de ſingular engenho, memoria, & verdade)- (from the village of Montemor-o-Velho, well known for his nobleness and of a singular ingenuity, memory and truthfulness)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:verdade.
Derived terms
Interjection
verdade!
- true, exactly, indeed (expressing agreement)