ordália

See also: ordalia and ordalía

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ordālium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈda.li.ɐ/ [oɦˈda.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /oʁˈda.ljɐ/ [oɦˈda.ljɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈda.li.ɐ/ [oɦˈda.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /oʁˈda.ljɐ/ [oɦˈda.ljɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈda.li.ɐ/ [oɾˈda.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /oɾˈda.ljɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈda.li.ɐ/ [oʁˈda.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /oʁˈda.ljɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oɻˈda.li.ɐ/ [oɻˈda.lɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /oɻˈda.ljɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈda.li.a/ [oɦˈda.lɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /oʁˈda.lja/ [oɦˈda.lja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈda.ljɐ/ [ɔɾˈða.ljɐ]

• Hyphenation: or‧dá‧li‧a

Noun

ordália f (plural ordálias)

1. (historical) ordeal (trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test)

Further reading

• “ordália”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026