perdonar
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan perdonar, from Vulgar Latin *perdonāre, from Latin per- + donāre, a loan-translation of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pər.duˈna]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pər.doˈna]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.ðoˈnaɾ]
- Homophone: perdonà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
perdonar (first-person singular present perdono, first-person singular preterite perdoní, past participle perdonat)
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “perdonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “perdonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “perdonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “perdonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *perdonāre.
Verb
perdonar
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *perdonāre (compare Occitan and Catalan perdonar, Portuguese perdoar, French pardonner, Italian perdonare), from Latin per- + donāre, a calque of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.
Pronunciation
Verb
perdonar (first-person singular present perdono, first-person singular preterite perdoné, past participle perdonado)
- (transitive) to pardon, excuse, forgive
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “perdonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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