vontade
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Portuguese vontade and Spanish voluntad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bonˈtade/ [bon̪ˈt̪a.ð̞ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ade
- Hyphenation: von‧ta‧de
Noun
vontade f (plural vontades)
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “voontade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “uoontade”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vontade”, 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), “vontade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vontade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade, from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Galician vontade and Spanish voluntad.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /võˈta.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /võˈta.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /võˈta.dɨ/ [võˈta.ðɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bõˈta.dɨ/ [bõˈta.ðɨ]
Noun
vontade f (plural vontades)
- will; the condition of feeling like or wanting something
- Casei-me com ele contra a minha vontade.
- I married him against my will.
- Estou com vontade de chorar.
- I feel like crying.
- desire, wish
- Synonym: desejo
- intention; purpose
- Synonym: intenção
Derived terms
- à vontade
- ter vontade de