tregua

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See also: trégua

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tregua (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa). Attested Medieval Latin treuga[1] however points perhaps to a West Germanic *trewwa, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tregua f (plural treguas)

  1. truce
    • 1443, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 282:
      logo o dito arçediano diso que eso meesmo por sy e por todos los seus que asy outorgaua a dita tregua torrnadiça de noue dias ao dito Pero Dias e a seus escudeiros e omes de parte á parte e de vando á vando
      then the aforementioned archdeacon said the same for him and his own, that he granted this reversible truce of nine days to the mentioned Pedro Díaz and his squires and men, side to side, band to band
  2. rest, break

References

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  1. ^ Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “treug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Italian

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Etymology

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From Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō. Compare German Treue (loyalty) and French trêve (truce).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛ.ɡwa/, (traditional) /ˈtre.ɡwa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡwa, (traditional) -eɡwa
  • Hyphenation: trè‧gua, (traditional) tré‧gua

Noun

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tregua f (plural tregue)

  1. truce
    Synonym: armistizio
  2. rest, respite
    Synonyms: mora, pausa

References

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  1. ^ tregua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa) (cognate with Frankish *trewa, Dutch trouw, German Treue; Middle English trewe, trewes, English truce).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾeɡwa/ [ˈt̪ɾe.ɣ̞wa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɡwa
  • Syllabification: tre‧gua

Noun

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tregua f (plural treguas)

  1. truce
  2. rest, break

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