adeus

• adéus (pre-2016 spelling)

adeus

1. plural of adeu

From Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese adiós, Asturian adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch aju, English adieu, Extremaduran adiós, French adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Occitan adieu, Portuguese adeus, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo, Spanish adiós.

• IPA^(key): [aˈðeʊ̯s]

adeus m (plural adeuses)

1. a goodbye

adeus

1. goodbye
   • c1950, folk song recorded by Alan Lomax:

     Agora adeus, adeus
     Sabés que me vou
     Non chorés agora
     que inda aquí che estou

     Now goodbye, goodbye,
     you know I'm going;
     Don't you cry just now
     cause I'm still here.

• “adeus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “adeus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “adeus” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “adeus” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch ajuus, English, French, and Occitan adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Galician adeus, Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo.

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adeus

1. goodbye (farewell)

   Synonyms: tchau, até mais, falou, (Mozambique) ambanine

While in Portugal, adeus is used to simply say goodbye, in Brazil it is usually used for long or permanent departures.

• Papiamentu: ayó