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madera

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin māteria, from māter (“source”, literally “mother”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈdeɾa/, [maˈð̞e.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Hyphenation: ma‧de‧ra

Noun

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madera f (plural maderes)

  1. wood

Italian

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Noun

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madera m (invariable)

  1. madeira (wine)

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin māteria, from māter (“source”, literally “mother”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese madeira.

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Noun

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madera f (plural maderas)

  1. wood
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r:
      […] e enbẏo amonte libano .lxxx. mil om̃s q̃ taiaſſen madera. e .lxx. mil maçoneros pora la obra de la piedra ſin los maẏorales q̃ les comendauan q̃ auien a fer.
      […] And he sent to Mount Lebanon eighty thousand men to cut wood and seventy thousand masons for the working of stone, besides the foremen who commanded them what they were to do.

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: madera

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish madera, from Latin māteria (compare French matière, Italian materia, Portuguese madeira), from māter (“source”, literally “mother”). Doublet of materia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈdeɾa/ [maˈð̞e.ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ma‧de‧ra

Noun

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madera f (plural maderas)

  1. wood
  2. wooden plank, board
  3. makings
    No tiene madera de instigador.
    He hasn't got the makings of an instigator.

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