pundonor

English

Etymology

Spanish pundonor

Noun

pundonor (plural pundonores)

1. (archaic) Synonym of point of honor (both senses)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pundonor (“point of honour”), from Catalan punt d'honor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pũ.doˈnoʁ/ [pũ.doˈnoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pũ.doˈnoʁ/ [pũ.doˈnoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pũ.doˈnoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pũ.doˈnoʁ/ [pũ.doˈnoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pũ.doˈnoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pũ.duˈnoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pũ.duˈnoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pũ.duˈno.ɾi/

Noun

pundonor m or f by sense (plural pundonores)

1. honour, pride
   • 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

     […] de que só a poderiamos ter evitado sacrificando a pundonor nacional.

     […] that we could not have avoided it without national dishonour.

     (literally, “ […] that we could have only avoided sacrificing the national honour.”)

References

• “pundonor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pundonor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “pundonor”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan punt d'honor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pundoˈnoɾ/ [pũn̪.d̪oˈnoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pun‧do‧nor

Noun

pundonor m (plural pundonores)

1. self-respect, amour propre

Derived terms

• pundonoroso

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pundonor

Further reading

• “pundonor”, 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