ardido

Galician

Alternative forms

• fardido

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ardido, fardido (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from *ardir, *fardir, borrowed from Old French hardir, from Frankish *hardijan, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną, derived from *harduz (“hard; brave”). Related with English hard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɾˈðiðʊ]

Participle

ardido (feminine ardida, masculine plural ardidos, feminine plural ardidas)

1. past participle of arder

Adjective

ardido (feminine ardida, masculine plural ardidos, feminine plural ardidas)

1. (archaic, literary) bold, brave, courageous

   Synonyms: destemido, valente

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ardido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fardido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ardid”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ardido”, 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), “ardido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ardido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [aɦˈd͡ʒi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [aɦˈd͡ʒi.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒi.do/ [aɦˈd͡ʒi.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈdi.du/ [ɐɾˈði.ðu]

• Hyphenation: ar‧di‧do

Participle

ardido (feminine ardida, masculine plural ardidos, feminine plural ardidas)

1. past participle of arder

Adjective

ardido (feminine ardida, masculine plural ardidos, feminine plural ardidas)

1. spicy, hot

   Synonym: picante

Further reading

• “ardido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ardido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈdido/ [aɾˈð̞i.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: ar‧di‧do

Etymology 1

From Frankish *hardjan, compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus, “hard”).

Adjective

ardido (feminine ardida, masculine plural ardidos, feminine plural ardidas)

1. brave, intrepid

   Synonyms: valiente, intrépido, denodado

Derived terms

• ardid (“trick”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

ardido (feminine ardida, masculine plural ardidos, feminine plural ardidas)

1. past participle of arder

Further reading

• “ardido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025