mudéjar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐʁ/ [muˈdɛ.ʒɐh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐʁ/ [muˈdɛ.ʒɐχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐɻ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒaʁ/ [muˈdɛ.ʒah]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒaɾ/ [muˈðɛ.ʒaɾ]
- Hyphenation: mu‧dé‧jar
Adjective
mudéjar m or f (plural mudéjares)
Noun
mudéjar m or f by sense (plural mudéjares)
- Mudéjar (Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista)
See also
Further reading
- “mudéjar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “mudéjar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈdexaɾ/ [muˈð̞e.xaɾ]
- Rhymes: -exaɾ
- Syllabification: mu‧dé‧jar
Adjective
mudéjar m or f (masculine and feminine plural mudéjares)
- Mudéjar
- 1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:
- Mareaba a Cristo con sus aspavientos por si tales o cuales ruinas eran bizantinas, mudéjares o lombardas con influencia mozárabe y perfiles románicos
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
mudéjar m or f by sense (plural mudéjares)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mudéjar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025