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palavra

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See also: palavră and παλάβρα

Galician

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Noun

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palavra f (plural palavras, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of palabra

References

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  • palavra” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Ladino

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Etymology

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From hyperthesis of Old Spanish parabla, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palavra f (Hebrew spelling פאלאברה, plural palavras)

  1. word
    • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:
      La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.
      The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.

Synonyms

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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With hyperthesis from earlier paravla, from Late Latin parabola (speech), from Latin parabola (comparison, illustration), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, comparison; parable).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palavra f (plural palavras)

  1. word

Descendants

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  • Fala: palabra
  • Galician: palabra, palavra
  • Portuguese: palavra (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (speech), from Latin parabola (comparison, illustration), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, comparison; parable). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palavra f (plural palavras)

  1. word
    1. unit of language
      Abri o dicionário e li a definição de uma palavra qualquer.
      I opened the dictionary and read the definition of a random word.
      Synonym: vocábulo
      • 1999, Os pecados da língua: pequeno repertório de grandes erros de linguagem, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 114:
        O erro estava na receita, pois l é símbolo de litro e não abreviatura de lata, palavra que não pode ser abreviada, por questões de clareza.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. oath; guarantee
      Você tem a minha palavra.
      You have my word.
      Synonyms: palavra de honra, palavra de rei, promessa, garantia
    3. brief conversation
      Preciso ter uma palavra com meus filhos.
      I must have a word with my children.
    4. (computing) unit of data
      Esse processador aceita palavras de 32 bits.
      This processor handles 32-bit words.
  2. the ability or permission to talk
    No meio da conferência, me passaram a palavra.
    I was given the permission to speak in the middle of the conference.
  3. religious teachings
    Cristãos seguem a palavra de Jesus.
    Christians follow the word of Jesus.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Interjection

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palavra!

  1. word (used to assert that something is true)

Further reading

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  • palavra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Turkish

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Etymology

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Descended from Ottoman Turkish پالاوره (palavra), from either Greek παλάβρα (palávra) or Ladino palavra, ultimately from Old Spanish palabra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palavra (definite accusative palavrayı, plural palavralar)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) nonsense, bullshit, bollocks
    Palavraların burada sökmez.
    Your bullshit don't fly here.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) lie
    Hükümetin palavralarına mı inanıyorsun bir de? Eyvah ki ne eyvah...
    And you're believing in the lies of the government now? Oh dear...

Declension

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Declension of palavra
singular plural
nominative palavra palavralar
definite accusative palavrayı palavraları
dative palavraya palavralara
locative palavrada palavralarda
ablative palavradan palavralardan
genitive palavranın palavraların

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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