verdade

Galician

Alternative forms

verdá, verdae, verdai

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verdade, from Latin vēritātem, accusative singular of vēritās (“truth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [beɾˈðaðɪ], [beɾˈða]

Noun

verdade f (plural verdades)

truth

Related terms

verdadeiro

References

Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “verdade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “verdade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “verdaa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
“verdade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“verdade” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“verdade” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

vdd, vrdd (Brazil, Internet slang)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verdade, from Latin vēritātem (“truth”), from vērus (“true”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-, *weh₁ros.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈda.d͡ʒi/ [veɦˈda.d͡ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈda.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈda.dɨ/ [vɨɾˈða.ðɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈda.dɨ/ [bɨɾˈða.ðɨ]

(Caipira) IPA^(key): /veɹ.ˈda.di/, /veɹ.ˈda.d͡ʒi/
(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /vɛx.ˈda.di/
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
Hyphenation: ver‧da‧de

Noun

verdade f (plural verdades)

(uncountable) truth (conformity to fact or reality)
Synonyms: autenticidade, exatidão, realidade, veracidade

Antonyms: falsidade, inautenticidade
(uncountable) truth (true facts)
a true statement or fact
Synonym: facto

Antonyms: mentira, patranha, peta, lorota, balela
(archaic) truthfulness; honesty (the quality of being truthful, honest)
- 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page IV:
  (natural da villa de Montemor o velho, muito conhecido por nobre & de ſingular engenho, memoria, & verdade)
  (from the village of Montemor-o-Velho, well known for his nobleness and of a singular ingenuity, memory and truthfulness)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:verdade.

Derived terms

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Interjection

verdade!

true, exactly, indeed (expressing agreement)

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