piedad
See also: Piedad
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish piedat, piadad (first attested 1140),[1] from Latin pietātem (“piety; pity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]piedad f (plural piedades)
- piety
- pity, mercy
- Synonyms: gracia, misericordia, merced
- compassion
- Synonym: compasión
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “piedad”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “piedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ad
- Rhymes:Spanish/ad/2 syllables
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