cordura

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from cordo +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔɾˈðuɾɐ]

Noun

cordura f (plural corduras)

1. prudence, judgement; common sense

   Synonyms: prudencia, sentidiño, xuízo

Related terms

• cordo

References

• “cordura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cordura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cordura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cordura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

From cuerdo (“prudent, sane”) +‎ -ura. The former is a back-formation from Latin cordātus (“wise, prudent”), from cor (“heart”) (genitive singular cordis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈduɾa/ [koɾˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: cor‧du‧ra

Noun

cordura f (plural corduras)

1. sanity
2. prudence

   Synonym: prudencia

3. reason

   Synonym: razón

Related terms

• cuerdo

 

Further reading

• “cordura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014