viúvo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin viduus, having developed an epenthetic <v> after the loss of <d>.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈuβʊ]

Noun

viúvo m (plural viúvos, feminine viúva, feminine plural viúvas)

1. widower

Derived terms

• enviuvar

Adjective

viúvo (feminine viúva, masculine plural viúvos, feminine plural viúvas)

1. widowed

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “viuva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “viuu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “viúvo”, 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), “viúvo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “viúvo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈu.vu/ [vɪˈu.vu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvju.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈu.vu/ [vɪˈu.vu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvju.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈu.vo/ [vɪˈu.vo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvju.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvju.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvju.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbju.bu/ [ˈbju.βu]

• Rhymes: -uvu
• Hyphenation: vi‧ú‧vo

Etymology 1

From Latin viduus, through a Vulgar Latin *viduvus.

Adjective

viúvo (feminine viúva, masculine plural viúvos, feminine plural viúvas)

1. widowed (said of a person who is in a state of widowhood)
2. (figuratively) private
3. (figuratively) abandoned; helpless
4. (figuratively, humorous) said of a person who remains an admirer or defender of something or someone who has been ostracized, who has fallen into oblivion (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Noun

viúvo m (plural viúvos, feminine viúva, feminine plural viúvas)

1. widower (person whose spouse died and who did not remarry)

Etymology 2

Verb

viúvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of viuvar