caridade

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caridade, from Latin cāritātem (“dearness, charity”), from cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾiˈdade/ [kɑ.ɾiˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧da‧de

Noun

caridade f (plural caridades)

1. (uncountable) charity (providing of goods or money)
2. a charitable act

Related terms

• caritativo
• caro

 

Further reading

• “caridade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caridade, from Latin cāritātem (“dearness, charity”), from cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾiˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾiˈda.dɨ/ [kɐ.ɾiˈða.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧da‧de

Noun

caridade f (plural caridades)

1. (uncountable) charity (providing of goods or money)

   Synonyms: bondade, compaixão, solidariedade

2. a charitable act

Related terms

• acaridar
• caridoso
• caritativo
• caro
• descaridoso

 

Further reading

• “caridade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024