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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese verdadeiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), equivalent to verdade + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɾdaˈdejɾo/
- Rhymes: -ejɾo
- Hyphenation: ver‧da‧dei‧ro
Adjective
verdadeiro (feminine verdadeira, masculine plural verdadeiros, feminine plural verdadeiras)
- true; authentic
- Antonym: falso
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “verdadeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “verdadeiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verdadeiro”, 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), “verdadeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verdadeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese verdadeiro. By surface analysis, verdade + -eiro. Compare Spanish verdadero.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ver‧da‧dei‧ro
Adjective
verdadeiro (feminine verdadeira, masculine plural verdadeiros, feminine plural verdadeiras)
- truthful (accurately depicting what is real)
- Synonyms: verídico, (dated) vero
- Antonym: falso
- true; loyal; faithful
- Synonyms: fiel, leal
- Antonyms: desleal, infiel
- genuine; legitimate
- Synonym: autêntico
- real (that has physical existence)
- Synonym: real
- Antonyms: de mentira, irreal
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:verdadeiro.
Derived terms