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)

1. truth

Related terms

• verdadeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verdade”, 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), “verdade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verdade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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]

• (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]

• (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)

1. (uncountable) truth (conformity to fact or reality)

   Synonyms: autenticidade, exatidão, realidade, veracidade

   Antonyms: falsidade, inautenticidade

2. (uncountable) truth (true facts)
3. a true statement or fact

   Synonym: facto

   Antonyms: mentira, patranha, peta, lorota, balela

4. (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

Derived terms

• a bem da verdade
• de verdade
• em verdade
• na verdade

Related terms

Related terms

• veracidade
• veraz
• verdadeiramente
• verdadeiro
• vero
• verossímil

Interjection

verdade!

1. true, exactly, indeed (expressing agreement)