pardo

English

Alternative forms

• pardao, pardau

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.

Noun

pardo (plural pardos or pardoes)

1. (historical) A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.

Anagrams

• Padro

Asturian

Adjective

pardo

1. neuter of pardu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish pardo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾðo̝/

Adjective

pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)

1. brown

   Synonyms: castaño, marrón

Derived terms

• Pardo

Noun

pardo m (plural pardos)

1. burel
   • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:

     mando a Pedro seu fillo çinquo varas de pardo para huna capa

     I bequeath Peter, his son, five yards of brown [cloth, i.e. burel] for a cloak

   Synonym: burel

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pardo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek παρδός (pardós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.do/
• Rhymes: -ardo
• Hyphenation: pàr‧do

Noun

pardo m (plural pardi)

1. (obsolete) pard, leopard, panther

Derived terms

• gattopardo

Anagrams

• proda

Latin

Noun

pardō

1. dative/ablative singular of pardus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.du/ [ˈpaɦ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.du/ [ˈpaɦ.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɻ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.du/ [ˈpaɾ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: par‧do

Noun

pardo m (plural pardos, feminine parda, feminine plural pardas)

1. multiracial person

   Hyponyms: caboclo, cafuzo, mameluco, mestiço, mulato

   Coordinate terms: amarelo, branco, indígena, negro

   Pardo é um termo oficial no Brasil formalmente utilizado para descrever alguém de origem multirracial.

   Pardo is an official term used formally in Brazil to describe someone of multiracial origins.

Adjective

pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas, not comparable)

1. brown

   Synonym: marrom

2. mulatto; brown-skinned (but not black)

   Synonym: moreno

3. grayish, dun

Further reading

• pardos on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pardus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾdo/ [ˈpaɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: par‧do

Adjective

pardo (feminine parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)

1. dun, brown

   Synonym: marrón

2. (of weather) dull, overcast
3. (of a voice) gruff, hoarse

Derived terms

• águila parda
• alga parda
• corzuela parda
• de noche todos los gatos son pardos
• gramática parda
• irse de picos pardos
• mirlo pardo
• mosqueta parda
• oso pardo
• pardear
• pardillo
• pardusco
• pelícano pardo
• porrón pardo
• rascador pardo
• zorzal pardo

 

Related terms

• gatopardo
• guepardo
• leopardo
• pardal

 

Noun

pardo m (plural pardos)

1. (poetic, literary) leopard

   Synonyms: leopardo, pantera

Further reading

• “pardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• podar, podrá, prado