cordura

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from cordo +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɾˈduɾa/ [kɔɾˈð̞u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: cor‧du‧ra

Noun

cordura f (plural corduras)

1. prudence, judgement; common sense

   Synonyms: prudencia, sentidiño, xuízo

Related terms

• cordo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cordura”, 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), “cordura”, 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), “cordura”, 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), “cordura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From cuerdo (“prudent, sane”) +‎ -ura. The former is a back-formation from Latin cordātus (“wise, prudent”), from cor (“heart”) (genitive singular cordis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈduɾa/ [koɾˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: cor‧du‧ra

Noun

cordura f (plural corduras)

1. sanity
2. prudence

   Synonym: prudencia

3. reason

   Synonym: razón

Related terms

• cuerdo

Further reading

• “cordura”, 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