vendima

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. From Latin vindēmia. Cognate with Portuguese vindima, Spanish vendimia and Italian vendemmia.

Alternative forms

• vindima

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdima̝/

Noun

vendima f (plural vendimas)

1. vintage (the harvesting of a grape crop)
   • 1396, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 131:

     non deuedes de vendimar o dito viño sen ome ou doutro teençeiro da dita teença e dar de comer e de beber en quanto esteuer aa dita vendima

     you shouldn't harvest the aforementioned wine in the absence of a man of another partner, and you should feed and give drink to this man for as long as the vintage takes place

2. vintage (the season during which the grape is harvested)

Derived terms

• vendimar

References

• “vendima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “vendima” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vendima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vendima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vendima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

vendima

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