cárdeo

See also: cardeo, and cardẽo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese cardẽo, from Late Latin cardinus (“bluish”), from carduus (“thistle”). Cognate with Portuguese cárdeo and Spanish cárdeno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾðe.o̝/

Adjective

cárdeo (feminine cárdea, masculine plural cárdeos, feminine plural cárdeas)

1. thistle-coloured; purplish, bluish, violet, livid
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 547:

     Et, quando foy desarmado, sabede que o corpo, que ante auj́a moy brãco, pareçía atã cárdeo et atã negro que esto era hũa grã marauilla, et per moytos lugares lle seýa o sange

     And, when disarmed, you must know that his body, once so white, appearer as livid and as black that it was wondrous, and blood come out it in may places

2. (of a ground) hardish

Related terms

• cardeño
• cardo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cardeo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carde”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cárd”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cárdeo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “cárdeo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cárdeo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cardeo, earlier cardẽo, from Late Latin cardinus, from carduus (“thistle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.de.u/ [ˈkaɦ.de.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.de.u/ [ˈkaɦ.de.u]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.de.u/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.de.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.de.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.dju/ [ˈkaɾ.ðju]

Adjective

cárdeo (feminine cárdea, masculine plural cárdeos, feminine plural cárdeas)

1. thistle-coloured

Related terms

• cardo
• encardido
• encardir