Adjective: cárdeo
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | cárdeo |
| Singular f. | cárdea |
| Plural m. | cárdeos |
| Plural f. | cárdeas |
Sample Sentences
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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) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 547:]
Adjectives inflected like cárdeo
preguiceiro,
metafórico,
perdulário,
metafísico,
anxélico,
serbio,
sañudo,
severo,
seguro,
sedoso,
sabido,
atmosférico,
estremeiro,
romántico,
metódico,
satisfeito,
sonoro,
sollío,
sobexo,
sisudo, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
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. See: Portuguese Adjectives '
cárdeo', Spanish Adjectives '
cárdeno'.
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