abondo

See also: abondò

Asturian

Adjective

abondo

1. neuter of abondu

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin abundus (“copious, abundant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abondo/, [a.β̞õ̞n̪.d̪o̞]

Adverb

abondo (not comparable)

1. enough, sufficiently

Further reading

• “abondo” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese avondo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin abundus, an adjective likely based on Latin abundē (“abundantly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβondo̝/

Determiner

abondo m (feminine abonda, masculine plural abondos, feminine plural abondas)

1. a sufficient or more than sufficient quantity

   Tes anos abondos para saberes o que tes que facer

   You have enough years to know what you must do [about that]

   • 1434, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 106:

     os ditos señores feseron pregunta aos ditos Martín Peres e Aluaro, carniçeiros, se se querían obrigar de dar carne abondo á dita çidade con os outros carniçeiros, en tal maneira que o dito señor obispo e cabídoo e conçello e vesinos da dita çidade ouuese abondo de carne de boys e de vacas e carneiros e cabirtos e rojeelos

     the aforementioned gentlemen asked the aforementioned Martin Perez and Álvaro, butchers, if they wanted to bind themselves to give enough meat to this city, with the others butchers, so as the bishop, and the Chapter, and the Council, and the neighbors of this city would have enough meat of oxen, and of cows, of rams, of goat kids, of lambs

Adverb

abondo

1. enough; sufficiently
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 47:

     Et ẽnos xxij ãnos mandou Mahomat, rrey de Cordoua, fazer naues y en sua cidade et en Siuilla et ẽnos outros lugares du soube que auja avondo de madeyra que para aquillo fosse mester; ca oyra dizer que auja en Galiza cidades et castellos et villas muy bõas que nõ aujã enparança de castell[o] nẽ de çerca nẽ doutra fortelleza nẽhũa

     And in the year 22 Mahomat, king of Cordoba, ordered to build ships in his city of Seville and in the other places where he knew that there were wood enough for what should be needed; because he had heard that in Galicia there were many excellent cities and castles and towns that had no castle, nor walls, nor any other fortress to defend them

2. plenty
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 280:

     Fillo, Deus te de do oruallo do çeo et da grosura da terra aabondo de tríj́go

     My Son, God gives you, of the wetness of the sky and of the richness of the earth, plenty of wheat

Derived terms

• a abondo

Related terms

• abondar

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

abondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abondar

Italian

Verb

abondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abondare