condesa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese condessa, from Medieval Latin comitissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konˈdesɐ]

Noun

condesa f (plural condesas)

1. female equivalent of conde (“countess”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “condessa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “condessa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “condesa”, 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), “condesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈdesa/ [kõn̪ˈd̪e.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: con‧de‧sa

Etymology 1

From conde (“count”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Noun

condesa f (plural condesas, masculine conde, masculine plural condes)

1. countess

Derived terms

• vizcondesa

 

Related terms

• condado
• vizconde

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

condesa

1. inflection of condesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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