Inglaterra

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inɡlaˈtera/, [ĩŋ.ɡlaˈt̪e.ra]

Proper noun

Inglaterra f

1. England

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Inglaterra

1. England (a country in Europe)

Galician

Proper noun

Inglaterra f

1. England

Related terms

• inglés

Portuguese

bandeira de Inglaterra

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ingraterra, Englaterra, Engraterra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ʁa/ [ĩ.ɡlaˈtɛ.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ɡlɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: In‧gla‧ter‧ra

Proper noun

Inglaterra f

1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Europe; capital: Londres)
2. (proscribed, dated or informal) the United Kingdom

   Synonym: Reino Unido

Usage notes

Inglaterra belongs to a small group of place names (along with Espanha, França and Itália) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em Inglaterra.

Related terms

• inglês

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English England. Cognate with Medieval Latin Angliterra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inɡlaˈtera/ [ĩŋ.ɡlaˈt̪e.ra]
• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: In‧gla‧te‧rra

Proper noun

Inglaterra f

1. England

Related terms

• inglés
• Nueva Inglaterra

 

See also

• Gran Bretaña
• Reino Unido

Further reading

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