redor

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese redor, from Latin retrō (“backwards; behind”, adverb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈdoɾ]

Noun

redor m (plural redores)

1. the area surrounding someone or something

   Synonym: arredor

Derived terms

• ao redor
• ao redor de
• arredor
• en redor

Related terms

• retro-

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “redor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “redor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “redor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “redor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “redor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese redor, from Latin retrō (“backwards; behind”, adverb). Doublet of retrô.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈdɔʁ/ [heˈdɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈdɔʁ/ [heˈdɔh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈdɔɾ/ [heˈdɔɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈdɔʁ/ [χeˈdɔχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈdɔɻ/ [heˈdɔɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈdɔɾ/ [ʁɨˈðɔɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈdɔɾ/ [ʁɨˈðɔɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈdɔ.ɾi/ [ʁɨˈðɔ.ɾi]

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• Rhymes: -ɔɾ
• Hyphenation: re‧dor

Noun

redor m (plural redores)

1. the area surrounding someone or something

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arredores

Usage notes

Usually in the adverbs ao redor and em redor.

Derived terms

• ao redor
• arredor
• em redor

Related terms

• retro-

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin retrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈdoɾ/ [reˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧dor

Noun

redor m (plural redores)

1. surroundings

   Synonyms: derredor, rededor, alrededor

2. hem of a garment reaching the heels
3. round mat

Derived terms

• derredor
• en redor

See also

• ruedo
• esterilla

Further reading

• “redor”, 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