covarde

Galician

Alternative forms

• cobarde

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese covardo ("covarda", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Old French cuard, probably through Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈβaɾðɪ]
• Hyphenation: co‧var‧de

Noun

covarde m or f by sense (plural covardes)

1. coward

   Synonyms: cagainas, cagón

   Antonyms: destemido, valente

Derived terms

• covardía

Adjective

covarde m or f (plural covardes)

1. coward

   Synonyms: cagainas, cagón

   Antonyms: ardido, destemido, valente

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese covardo, ultimately from Old French cuard, probably through Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈvaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [koˈvaɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈvaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [koˈvaɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koˈvaɾ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈvaʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈvaɻ.de/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈvaɾ.dɨ/ [kuˈvaɾ.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈvaɾ.dɨ/ [kuˈvaɾ.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbaɾ.dɨ/ [kuˈβaɾ.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: -aʁdʒi, -aɾdɨ
• Hyphenation: co‧var‧de

Adjective

covarde m or f (plural covardes)

1. (Brazil) cowardly
2. (Portugal) Alternative form of cobarde

Noun

covarde m or f by sense (plural covardes)

1. (Brazil) coward
2. (Portugal) Alternative form of cobarde