galardão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese galardon, gualardon, cognate with Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally "back-payment".[1] Compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡa.laʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.laɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡa.laɾˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.laɾˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡa.laʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.laʁˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡa.laɻˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɡa.laɻˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.lɐɾˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɡɐ.lɐɾˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: ga‧lar‧dão

Noun

galardão m (plural galardões)

  1. reward
  2. prize

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “galardón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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