esquerdo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Either from Basque ezker (“left”), or both from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare Spanish izquierdo and Catalan esquerra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈkeɾðʊ]

Adjective

esquerdo (feminine esquerda, masculine plural esquerdos, feminine plural esquerdas)

1. left, left-hand

   Synonym: seistro

   Antonym: dereito

2. (politics) left, left-wing

   Antonym: dereito

3. left-handed

   Synonyms: seistro, coxeno, curdo

   Antonym: destro

Derived terms

• á man esquerda
• esquerda
• esquerdeiro

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esquerdo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esquerdo”, 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), “esquerdo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esquerdo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Either from Basque ezker (“left”), or both from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare Spanish izquierdo and Catalan esquerra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkeʁ.du/ [isˈkeɦ.du], /esˈkeʁ.du/ [esˈkeɦ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈkeʁ.du/ [isˈkeɦ.du], /esˈkeʁ.du/ [esˈkeɦ.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈkeɾ.du/, /esˈkeɾ.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkeʁ.du/, /eʃˈkeʁ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈkeɻ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈkeɾ.du/ [(i)ʃˈkeɾ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: es‧quer‧do

Adjective

esquerdo (feminine esquerda, masculine plural esquerdos, feminine plural esquerdas, comparable, comparative mais esquerdo, superlative o mais esquerdo or esquerdíssimo)

1. left; left-hand; on or towards the left side

   Synonym: sestro

   Antonym: direito

2. (politics, rare) Synonym of esquerdista

Derived terms

• esquerda

See also

• canhoto

Etymology 2

Verb

esquerdo

1. first-person singular present indicative of esquerdar