palavra

Galician

Noun

palavra f (plural palavras)

1. Alternative form of palabra

References

palavra - Dicionário Estraviz

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Ladino

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlavɾa/

Noun

palavra f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פאלאברה‎, plural palavras)

1. word
   • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], 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

• byervo

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• paravla
• paravra
• paravoa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈla.βɾa/

Noun

palavra f

1. word
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 202 (facsimile):

     […] ⁊ non auia palaura que y fezeſſe mellor.

     […] and there was no (other) word which would fit better.

Descendants

Descendants

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• Galician: palabra, palavra
• Portuguese: palavra
  • → Angolar: palava
  • → English: palaver
    • → Danish: palaver
    • → Finnish: palaveri
    • → German: Palaver
    • → Hungarian: paláver
  • → Guinea-Bissau Creole: palabra, palavra
  • → Indo-Portuguese: palau, palav, paláver, pálver, pálvra
  • → Kabuverdianu: palábra, palávra
  • → Korlai Creole Portuguese: palab
  • → Principense: palava

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ˈla.vɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈla.vɾɐ/, [pɐ.ˈl̪ä.vɾə]
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧vra

Noun

palavra f (plural palavras)

1. word (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.

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. word; oath; guarantee

   Você tem a minha palavra.

   You have my word.

4. word (brief conversation)

   Preciso ter uma palavra com meus filhos.

   I must have a word with my children.

5. religious teachings

   Cristãos seguem a palavra de Jesus.

   Christians follow the word of Jesus.

6. (computing) word (unit of data)

   Esse processador aceita palavras de 32 bits.

   This processor handles 32-bit words.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:palavra.

Synonyms

• (unit of language): vocábulo, termo
• (ability to speak): fala
• (oath or guarantee): palavra de honra, palavra de rei, garantia, promessa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• em duas palavras
• em uma palavra
• medir as palavras
• palavra-chave
• palavra de honra
• palavra mágica
• palavra por palavra
• palavras cruzadas
• palavra-passe
• palavra-valise
• palavrão

• palavreado
• palavrear
• palavrinha
• para bom entendedor, meia palavra basta
• passa-palavra
• pesar as palavras
• pôr palavras na boca de
• sem palavra
• tirar a palavra da boca de / tirar as palavras da boca de
• última palavra

Related terms

• parábola
• parola

Descendants

Descendants

edit

• → Angolar: palava
• → English: palaver
  • → Danish: palaver
  • → Finnish: palaveri
  • → German: Palaver
  • → Hungarian: paláver
• → Guinea-Bissau Creole: palabra, palavra
• → Indo-Portuguese: palau, palav, paláver, pálver, pálvra
• → Kabuverdianu: palábra, palávra
• → Korlai Creole Portuguese: palab
• → Principense: palava

Interjection

palavra!

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:palavra.

Further reading

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

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palabra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑˈɫɑvɾɑ]

Noun

palavra (definite accusative palavrayı, plural palavralar)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) nonsense, bullshit, bollocks
2. (colloquial, derogatory) lie

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	palavra
Definite accusative	palavrayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palavra	palavralar
Definite accusative	palavrayı	palavraları
Dative	palavraya	palavralara
Locative	palavrada	palavralarda
Ablative	palavradan	palavralardan
Genitive	palavranın	palavraların