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igual

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈɡwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: i‧gual

Adjective

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igual (plural iguals)

  1. equal

References

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  • “igual”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin aequālis.

Adjective

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igual (epicene, plural iguales)

  1. equal

Antonyms

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Noun

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igual m (plural iguales)

  1. equals sign

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguals)

  1. equal, the same
  2. alike, similar
  3. indifferent

Derived terms

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Noun

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igual m or f by sense (plural iguals)

  1. equal

Noun

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igual m (plural iguals)

  1. equals sign (=)

Further reading

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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igual m or f (plural iguais)

  1. equal
    Antonym: desigual

Derived terms

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Noun

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igual m or f by sense (plural iguais)

  1. equal

Noun

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igual m (plural iguais)

  1. equals sign

Adverb

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igual

  1. in the same way; just like
  2. maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: quizais, se cadra

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “igual”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “igual”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “igual” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “igual” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “igual” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese igual.

Adjective

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igual

  1. equal
  2. same

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: i‧gual

Adjective

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igual m or f (plural iguais, comparable, comparative mais igual, superlative o mais igual or igualíssimo, diminutive igualinho or igualzinho, augmentative igualzão)

  1. equal
    Antonyms: desigual, diferente

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Derived terms

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Adverb

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igual (not comparable)

  1. (Brazil, idiomatic) like; just alike; similarly to
    Synonyms: feito, como
    Ele entrou no local furtivamente, igual a uma raposa. ― He entered the place furtively, just like a fox.

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Noun

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igual m (plural iguais)

  1. equals sign

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish igual~egual (both common in the 13th century),[1] from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: i‧gual

Adjective

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igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguales)

  1. equal, same
    Antonym: desigual
    Isidora es igual de alta que yo.
    Isidora is as tall as me.
    Me da igual si vienes o no vienes.
    It's the same to me whether you come by or don't.
  2. identical, sharing the same characteristics
    Tu copia de la pintura te quedó igual.
    Your copy of the painting turned out the same.
  3. level (surface)
    Han dejado el terreno de abajo igual para poder construir encima.
    They have levelled the terrain down there to build something on it.

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Noun

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igual m or f by sense (plural iguales)

  1. equal (a person or thing of equal status)
    No le hables así, como si fuera tu igual.
    Don't talk to her/him like that, as if s/he was your equal.

Noun

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igual m (plural iguales)

  1. equals sign
    Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea.
    You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line.

Adverb

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igual

  1. in the same way; just like
    La vio una vez, y ahora cocina la pasta igual.
    He saw her just once, and now he cooks pasta the same way.
    • 1974, Jeanette (lyrics and music), “Porque te vas”:
      Junto a la estación hoy lloraré igual que un niño. Porque te vas
      Today, besides the station, I'm going to cry, just like a child. Because you're leaving.
  2. regardless, anyway
    Le pedí y pedí el favor. Igual no quiso ayudarme.
    I asked him again and again for the favour. He didn't help us anyway.
  3. (colloquial, Spain) maybe
    Synonym: quizá
    Esta noche igual van al teatro.
    Tonight maybe they’ll go to the cinema.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “igual”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 438
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