vendima

Galician

Alternative forms

• vindima

Etymology

13th century. From Latin vīndēmia. Cognate with Portuguese vindima, Spanish vendimia and Italian vendemmia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdima̝/

Noun

vendima f (plural vendimas)

1. vintage (the harvesting of a grape crop)
   • 1396, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 131:

     non deuedes de vendimar o dito viño sen ome ou doutro teençeiro da dita teença e dar de comer e de beber en quanto esteuer aa dita vendima

     you shouldn't harvest the aforementioned wine in the absence of a man of another partner, and you should feed and give drink to this man for as long as the vintage takes place

2. vintage (the season during which the grape is harvested)

Derived terms

• vendimar

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vendima”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “vendima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.