condesa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese condessa, from Medieval Latin comitissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konˈdesɐ]

Noun

condesa f (plural condesas)

1. female equivalent of conde (“countess”)

References

• “condessa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “condessa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “condesa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “condesa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈdesa/ [kõn̪ˈd̪e.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: con‧de‧sa

Etymology 1

From conde (“count”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Noun

condesa f (plural condesas, masculine conde, masculine plural condes)

1. countess

Derived terms

• vizcondesa

 

Related terms

• condado
• vizconde

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

condesa

1. inflection of condesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “condesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014