aínda

See also: ainda

Asturian

Adverb

aínda

1. still, yet
2. almost

Synonyms

• (still, yet): entá, tovía
• (almost): cuasi

Galician

Alternative forms

• eínda (“inda”)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aynda, from a- + inda. Further etymology is debated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈindɐ]

Adverb

aínda

1. still, yet
   • 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 368:

     Aynda cõ todo esto Vlixas nõ era ben seguro, nẽ seu coraçõ nõ asesegaua

     Yet with all of these preparations Ulysses did not feel safe, nor did his heart settle

2. even
   • 1421, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 162:

     dizia que aynda agora rendia cada anno dosentos marauedis e triinta moyos de pan e vino e castanas

     he said that even now it yielded each year two hundred maravedis and thirty bushels of grain and wine and chestnuts

   Synonym: mesmo

3. besides, also
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:

     Et tragia aynda hũa sua espada que era moy fremosa et moy forte d'agume, et moy clara et moy luzente, et auia nome Durandas

     And he also brought a sword that was very beauty and very strong in its edge, and very clear and very shining, and it had by name Durandal

   Synonym: tamén

4. at least
5. still, nevertheless (in spite of what preceded)
6. quite a bit, considerably
   • 2019, Terbutalina, Muinheira da Costa [song]:

     Eu canto cando quero,
     cando non quero non canto
     pr'os que quero aínda canto
     pr'os que non non canto tanto.

     I sing when I want to,
     when I don't want to I don't sing,
     for the ones I love I sing quite a bit,
     for the ones I don't, I don't sing that much

Conjunction

aínda

1. yet

Derived terms

• aínda así
• aínda bo
• aínda non
• aínda por cima
• aínda que
• ende ben
• ende mal
• endexamais

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “inda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ynda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ainda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aínda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aínda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Alternative forms

• daínda

Adverb

aínda (Latin spelling)

1. yet