gabanza

Galician

Alternative forms

• gabança (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gabança (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from gabar (“to praise”) +‎ anza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbanθa/ [ɡɑˈβ̞an̪.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaˈbanθa/ [ɡɑˈβ̞an̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaˈbanθa/ [ħɑˈβ̞an̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /ħaˈbansa/ [ħɑˈβ̞an.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -anθa

• (standard) Rhymes: -anθa
• (seseo) Rhymes: -ansa

• Hyphenation: ga‧ban‧za

Noun

gabanza f (plural gabanzas)

1. (literary) praise; flattery
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 363:

     Et nõ estaua alý estonçe quen rrijsse, nẽ quen falasse en alegría nẽ en gabãça, mays ante estauã todos moy tristes et fazíã grã doo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (literary) accolade

Related terms

• gabar

References

• “gabança” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “gabança” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “gabanza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gabanza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gabanza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.