pundonor

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

pundonor m or f (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 avoid sacrificing the national honour.

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Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

pundonor m (plural pundonores)

  1. self-respect, amour propre