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)
- (historical) A former money of account in Goa, India.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pardo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Padro
Asturian
Adjective
pardo
- neuter of pardu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish pardo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾðo̝/
Adjective
pardo m (feminine singular parda, masculine plural pardos, feminine plural pardas)
- brown
- Synonyms: castaño, marrón
Derived terms
- Pardo
Noun
pardo m (plural pardos)
- 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
- mando a Pedro seu fillo çinquo varas de pardo para huna capa
- Synonym: 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:
References
- “pardo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “pardo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pardo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pardo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pardo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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)
- (obsolete) pard, leopard, panther
Derived terms
- gattopardo
Anagrams
- proda
Latin
Noun
pardō
- dative/ablative singular of pardus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- multiracial person
- Coordinate terms: amarelo, branco, indígena, negro
- Hyponyms: caboclo, cafuzo, mameluco, mestiço, mulato
- 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)
- brown
- Synonym: marrom
- mulatto; brown-skinned (but not black)
- Synonym: moreno
- 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)
- brown
- Synonym: marrón
- (of weather) dull, overcast
- (of a voice) gruff, hoarse
Derived terms
- águila parda
- alga parda
- de noche todos los gatos son pardos
- irse de picos pardos
- oso pardo
- pardear
- pardillo
- pardusco
- porrón pardo
Related terms
- gatopardo
- guepardo
- pardal
- leopardo
Noun
pardo m (plural pardos)
- (poetic, literary) leopard
- Synonyms: leopardo, pantera
Further reading
- “pardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- podar, podrá, prado