herdar

From Old Galician-Portuguese herdar, from Latin hērēditāre, present active infinitive of hērēditō. Cognate with Portuguese herdar and Spanish heredar.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈðaɾ/

herdar (first-person singular present herdo, first-person singular preterite herdei, past participle herdado)

1. to inherit
   • Mathew 5:5:

     Ditosos os non violentos, porque eles herdarán a terra

     Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth

2. (archaic) to inherit (to put in possession of)
   • 1256, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 719:

     dou u meu casal d-Alariz et erdo a vos del cum tudas suas pertinenzas

     I give you my hamlet at Allariz and inherit it to you with all of its belongings

• herdanza
• herdeiro

• “herdar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “herdar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “herdar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “herdar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “herdar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “herdar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Galician-Portuguese erdar, from Latin hērēditāre.

• Hyphenation: her‧dar

herdar (first-person singular present herdo, first-person singular preterite herdei, past participle herdado)

1. (transitive, law) to inherit (receive property or a title by legal succession, etc.)
   • 1974, “Errare Humanum Est”, in A Tábua de Esmeralda, performed by Jorge Ben:

     E de pensar que não somos os primeiros seres terrestres / Pois nós herdamos uma herança cósmica

     And to think that we are not the first terrestrial beings / For we have inherited a cosmic heritage

2. (transitive, genetics) to inherit (receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission)
3. (transitive) to inherit (derive from people or conditions previously in force)

• deserdar

• “herdar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “herdar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “herdar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “herdar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “herdar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “herdar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

herdar

1. indefinite plural of herde

• hedrar