igual

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish igual, ultimately from Latin æquus.

Adjective

igual

1. equal

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aequālis.

Adjective

igual (epicene, plural iguales)

1. equal

Antonyms

• desigual

Noun

igual m (plural iguales)

1. equals sign

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/

Adjective

igual (masculine and feminine plural iguals)

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

Derived terms

• desigual
• igualar
• igualment
• igualtat

Noun

igual m or f (plural iguals)

1. equal

Noun

igual m (plural iguals)

1. equals sign (=)

Further reading

• “igual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• igoal, ingual

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈɣwal]

Adjective

igual m or f (plural iguais)

1. equal

   Antonym: desigual

Derived terms

• igualmente

Noun

igual m or f (plural iguais)

1. equal

Noun

igual m (plural iguais)

1. equals sign

Adverb

igual

1. in the same way; just like
2. maybe, perhaps

   Synonyms: quizais, se cadra

References

• “igual” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “igual” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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

Etymology

From Portuguese igual.

Adjective

igual

1. equal
2. same

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwaw/ [iˈɡwaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣwaɫ]

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

Adjective

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Derived terms

• igualmente
• igualzinho (diminutive)

Adverb

igual (not comparable)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic) like; just alike; similarly to

   Ele entrou no local furtivamente, igual a uma raposa. ― He entered the place furtively, just like a fox.

   Synonyms: feito, como

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Noun

igual m (plural iguais)

1. equals sign

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

igual (plural iguales)

1. equal, same

   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.

   Antonym: desigual

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.

Derived terms

• a partes iguales
• al igual
• al igual que
• dar igual
• de igual a igual
• de igual modo
• igualado
• igualar
• igualito
• igualmente
• por igual
• por un igual
• ser igual
• signo igual

 

Related terms

• ecuador
• equi-
• equilibrio
• equivalente
• igualar
• igualdad

 

Noun

igual m or f (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

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

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

   Esta noche igual van al teatro.

   Tonight maybe they’ll go to the cinema.

   Synonym: quizá

Derived terms

• grandes mentes piensan igual

 

Further reading

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