catadura

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese catadura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): catar (“to look”) +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈðuɾa̝/

Noun

catadura f (plural cataduras)

1. face, countenance, looks, appearance; glance, gaze
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:

     Rey Calrros auia os cabelos brũus et a façe uermella, et avia o corpo moy bẽ feicto et de boo estado, et a catadura braua

     King Charles had brown hair and a reddish face, and his body was very well formed and in good shape, and his looks was fierce

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “catadura”, 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), “catadura”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “catadura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “catadura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Archaic Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Classical Latin captō

Late Latin cattāre

Old Spanish catar

Spanish catar

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Spanish -dura

Spanish catadura

From catar + -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈduɾa/ [ka.t̪aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧du‧ra

Noun

catadura f (plural cataduras)

1. tasting

   catadura de vinos ― wine tasting

2. appearance, look

   mala catadura ― bad looking

Further reading

• “catadura”, 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