esquerda

esquerda

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *skarda (“notch, nick”). Cognate with English shard, French écharde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əsˈkɛr.də]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əsˈkər.də]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈkɛɾ.ða]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

esquerda f (plural esquerdes)

  1. crack (thin jagged space in a solid object)
  2. shard, fragment
    Synonym: esquerdill

Derived terms

  • esquerd
  • esquerdar
  • esquerdejar
  • esquerdill
  • esquerdís

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

esquerda f sg

  1. feminine singular of esquerdo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Basque ezkerra, absolutive singular form of ezker (“left”). Cognate with Catalan esquerra and Spanish izquierda. Displaced sestra.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈkeʁ.dɐ/ [isˈkeɦ.dɐ], /esˈkeʁ.dɐ/ [esˈkeɦ.dɐ]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈkeɾ.dɐ/ [(i)ʃˈkeɾ.ðɐ]

    Noun

    esquerda f (plural esquerdas)

    1. the left side, part, half or direction
      Antonym: direita
      Cuidado, tem um bicho à sua esquerda! ― Watch out, there’s a creature to your left!
      A minhã mãe está na esquerda da foto. ― My mother is on the left side of the picture.
      Pega a esquerda que você chega mais rápido. ― Take the left and you’ll get there faster.
      1. the left hand or leg
        Synonyms: canhota, sestra
        Antonym: direita
        Por que você segura o lápis com a esquerda?
        Why do you hold the pencil on your left hand?
      2. (martial arts, by extension) left (punch with the left fist)
      3. (theater) the left side of the stage from the audience’s perspective
    2. (politics) the left; the left wing
      Coordinate terms: direita, centro
      A esquerda quer vencer a eleição, mas os partidos não chegam a um acordo.
      The left wants to win the election, but the parties can’t reach an agreement.
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: skerda
    • Kabuverdianu: skérda

    Noun

    esquerda m or f by sense (plural esquerdas)

    1. (Brazil, informal) leftist (a person who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left)

    Adjective

    esquerda

    1. feminine singular of esquerdo
    2. (Brazil, informal) leftist (who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    esquerda

    1. inflection of esquerdar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    See also

    Further reading

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