bondade

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bondade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin bonitātem, from Latin bonus. Compare Portuguese bondade, Spanish bondad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bonˈdaðɪ], [bonˈda]

Noun

bondade f (plural bondades)

  1. goodness, kindness, mildness
    Antonym: maldade

References

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bonitātem, from Latin bonus. Found in a text written in Spanish with Leonese influence (Otas de Roma) dating to the 15h century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bonˈdaðe]

Noun

bondade f

  1. goodness, kindness, mildness

Descendants

  • Asturian: bondá
  • Mirandese: bundade

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bondade, from Latin bonitātem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bõˈda.dɨ/ [bõˈda.ðɨ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: bon‧da‧de
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)

Noun

bondade f (plural bondades)

  1. goodness, kindness, mildness
    Os chineses dizem: a bondade gera bondade e o mal gera punição.
    Say the Chinese: goodness begets goodness and evil begets punishment.
  2. indulgence
    Synonym: indulgência

Antonyms

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