desleal

Galician

Adjective

desleal m or f (plural desleais)

  1. not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
    Antonym: leal

Derived terms

Old French

Adjective

desleal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular desleal or desleale)

  1. disloyal (not loyal)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
      "Ce est li chiés
      De cest chevalier que tu as
      Conquis ; et, voir, einz ne trovas
      Si felon ne si desleal.["]
      "This is the head
      Of the knight that you
      conquered; and see! Never will you find
      Such an evil and disloyal knight

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Descendants

  • English: disloyal
  • French: déloyal

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- + leal.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.leˈaw/ [dez.leˈaʊ̯], /d͡ʒiz.leˈaw/ [d͡ʒiz.leˈaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.leˈaw/ [deʒ.leˈaʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʒ.leˈaw/ [d͡ʒiʒ.leˈaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.leˈaw/ [dez.leˈaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒˈljal/ [dɨʒˈljaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒˈlja.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: des‧le‧al

Adjective

desleal m or f (plural desleais)

  1. not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
    Antonym: leal
    concorrência deslealunfair competition
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Conde de Azevedo and António Feliciano de Castilho, Dom Quixote:
      Que te demoras, Leonela, em ir chamar ao mais desleal amigo de quantos viu a Rosa divina, de quantos a noite nunca favoreceu?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From des- + leal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desleˈal/ [d̪es.leˈal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: des‧le‧al

Adjective

desleal m or f (masculine and feminine plural desleales)

  1. not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true
    Antonym: leal
    competencia deslealunfair competition

Derived terms

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