catadura

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese catadura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): catar (“to look”) +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈðuɾa̝/

Noun

catadura f (plural cataduras)

1. face, countenance, looks, appearance; glance, gaze
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:

     Rey Calrros auia os cabelos brũus et a façe uermella, et avia o corpo moy bẽ feicto et de boo estado, et a catadura braua

     King Charles had brown hair and a reddish face, and his body was very well formed and in good shape, and his looks was fierce

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “catadura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “catadura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “catadura”, 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), “catadura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From catar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈduɾa/ [ka.t̪aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧du‧ra

Noun

catadura f (plural cataduras)

1. tasting

   catadura de vinos ― wine tasting

2. appearance, look

   mala catadura ― bad looking

Further reading

• “catadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014