verdade

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verdade, from Latin vēritātem, accusative singular of vēritās (truth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [beɾˈðaðɪ], [beɾˈða]

Noun

verdade f (plural verdades)

  1. truth

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verdade, from Latin vēritātem (truth), from vērus (true), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-, *weh₁ros.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈda.d͡ʒi/ [veɦˈda.d͡ʒi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻˈda.de/
 

  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /veɹ.ˈda.di/, /veɹ.ˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): /vɛx.ˈda.di/
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: ver‧da‧de

Noun

verdade f (plural verdades)

  1. (uncountable) truth (conformity to fact or reality)
    Synonyms: autenticidade, exatidão, realidade, veracidade
    Antonyms: falsidade, inautenticidade
  2. (uncountable) truth (true facts)
  3. a true statement or fact
    Synonym: facto
    Antonyms: mentira, patranha, peta, lorota, balela
  4. (archaic) truthfulness; honesty (the quality of being truthful, honest)
    • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page IV:
      (natural da villa de Montemor o velho, muito conhecido por nobre & de ſingular engenho, memoria, & verdade)
      (from the village of Montemor-o-Velho, well known for his nobleness and of a singular ingenuity, memory and truthfulness)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:verdade.

Derived terms

Interjection

verdade!

  1. true, exactly, indeed (expressing agreement)
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