esquerda
Catalan
Etymology
From Frankish *skarda (“notch, nick”). Cognate with English shard, French écharde.
Pronunciation
Noun
esquerda f (plural esquerdes)
- crack (thin jagged space in a solid object)
- shard, fragment
- Synonym: esquerdill
Derived terms
Further reading
- “esquerda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Adjective
esquerda f sg
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably from Basque ezkerra, compare ezker (“left”). Mostly displaced native sestra, from Latin sinistra.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧quer‧da
Noun
esquerda f (plural esquerdas)
- the left side, part, half or direction
- Cuidado, tem um bicho à sua esquerda!
- Watch out, there’s a creature to your left!
- A minhã mãe está na esquerda da foto.
- My mother is on the left side of the picture.
- Pega a esquerda que você chega mais rápido.
- Take the left and you’ll get there faster.
- Antonym: direita
- (politics) the left; the left wing
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
esquerda m or f by sense (plural esquerdas)
- (Brazil, informal) leftist (a person who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left)
Adjective
esquerda
- feminine singular of esquerdo
- (Brazil, informal) leftist (who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left)
See also
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