Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /belˈdad/ [bel̪ˈd̪að̞]
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: bel‧dad

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Spanish beldad, from bello + -dad.[1]

Noun edit

beldad f (plural beldades)

  1. (uncountable, literary) feminine beauty
    Synonyms: belleza, hermosura
  2. (countable, literary) belle
    Synonyms: belleza, preciosura
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

beldad

  1. second-person plural imperative of beldar

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “bello”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 562

Further reading edit