condado

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese condado (“county”), from Latin comitātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konˈdaðʊ]

Noun

condado m (plural condados)

1. county (land ruled by a count or countess)
2. (government) county (administrative subdivision used in some countries)

Related terms

• conde

References

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

Further reading

• “condado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• comdado (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese condado (“county”), from Latin comitātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈda.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈda.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈda.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈda.du/ [kõˈda.ðu]

Noun

condado m (plural condados)

1. county (land ruled by a count or countess)
2. (government) county (administrative subdivision used in some countries)

Related terms

• conde
• condessa

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin comitātus. Cognate with English county.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈdado/ [kõn̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: con‧da‧do

Noun

condado m (plural condados)

1. county (land ruled by a count or countess)
2. (government) county (administrative subdivision used in some countries)

Related terms

• conde
• condesa
• vizcondado

 

Further reading

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