abóbada

See also: abobada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abóbeda
• abobada (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier abóbeda, from Old Galician-Portuguese boveda, possibly from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *volvita, alteration of Latin volūta, from volvere (“to turn”), but this presents serious phonetic difficulties. Compare Spanish and Galician bóveda. More likely of Germanic origin, from a Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*buwiþa), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell reside, build”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔ.ba.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔ.ba.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔ.ba.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɔ.bɐ.dɐ/ [ɐˈβɔ.βɐ.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧bó‧ba‧da

Noun

abóbada f (plural abóbadas)

1. (architecture) vault (arched ceiling)
   • 1851, Alexandre Herculano, A Abóbada, Imprensa Nacional, page 304:

     a abóbada não caiu... a abóbada não cairá!

     The vaulted ceiling did not fall, and shall never fall!

Derived terms

• abobadar

Further reading

• abóbada on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt