honra
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Noun edit
honra f (plural honres)
- honor, in various senses:
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
honra
- inflection of honrar:
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hon‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese onrra, from onrrar (“to honour”), from Latin honōrāre.
Noun edit
honra f (uncountable)
- honor; respect
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:honra
- honor (positive reputation)
- 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:
- Porque é que a honra do nosso paiz se acha envolvida nesta contenda ?
- Why is our honour as a country involved in this war ?
- honor (objectification of praiseworthiness)
- honor; privilege
- Synonyms: prerrogativa, privilégio, regalia
- chastity (of a woman)
- Synonyms: castidade, virgindade
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Etymology 2 edit
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honra
- inflection of honrar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish onrra, onra, derived from onrrar + -a, the former from Latin honōrāre.
Noun edit
honra f (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
honra
- inflection of honrar:
Further reading edit
- “honra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014