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madera

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Asturian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin māteria, from māter (“source”, literally “mother”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maˈdeɾa/, [maˈð̞e.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Hyphenation: ma‧de‧ra

Noun edit

madera f (plural maderes)

  1. wood

Italian edit

Noun edit

madera m (invariable)

  1. madeira (wine)

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Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin māteria, from māter (“source”, literally “mother”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese madeira.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

madera f (plural maderas)

  1. wood
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r:
      […] e enbẏo amonte libano .lxxx. mil om̃s q̃ taiaſſen madera. e .lxx. mil maçoneros pora la obra de la piedra ſin los maẏorales q̃ les comendauan q̃ auien a fer.
      […] And he sent to Mount Lebanon eighty thousand men to cut wood and seventy thousand masons for the working of stone, besides the foremen who commanded them what they were to do.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: madera

Spanish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish madera, from Latin māteria (compare French matière, Italian materia, Portuguese madeira), from māter (“source”, literally “mother”). Doublet of materia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maˈdeɾa/ [maˈð̞e.ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ma‧de‧ra

Noun edit

madera f (plural maderas)

  1. wood
  2. wooden plank, board
  3. makings
    No tiene madera de instigador.
    He hasn't got the makings of an instigator.

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