medo

 

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medo

Wikipedia ^eo

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *meduz. Compare English mead, German Met, Ancient Greek μέδος (médos), Latin mēdus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmedo]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Hyphenation: me‧do

medo (accusative singular medon, plural medoj, accusative plural medojn)

1. mead

   Synonym: mielakvo

• teĝo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus. Cognate with Portuguese medo, Asturian mieu, Spanish miedo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Hyphenation: me‧do

medo m (uncountable)

1. fear

   Synonym: temor

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

Borrowed from Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos), from an Iranian language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: mè‧do

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medi, feminine plural mede)

1. (historical) Median (pertaining to Media or Medes)

medo m (plural medi, feminine meda)

1. (historical) Mede, Median (person from Media)

medo m (uncountable)

1. Median (language)

• medo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• demo, demo-, mode

medo

1. Rōmaji transcription of めど

medo

1. Alternative form of medwe

medo

1. nominative singular of meda (“fat”)

 

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medo

Wikipedia ^pt

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus (“fear”). Compare Spanish miedo.

• mêdo (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: me‧do

medo m (plural medos)

2. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Não tenho medo.

   I'm not afraid.

   Estamos com medo.

   We are afraid.

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:

     Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!

     I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!

• medroso

Learned borrowing from Latin Mēdus

• Hyphenation: me‧do

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

1. Median

   Synonym: (dated) médico

Derived from medved

medo n (Cyrillic spelling медо)

1. bear
2. teddy bear

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedo/ [ˈme.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: me‧do

medo (feminine meda, masculine plural medos, feminine plural medas)

1. (historical, relational) of Media; Mede (of or relating to historical Media)

medo m (plural medos, feminine meda, feminine plural medas)

1. Mede (native or resident of historical Media)

• “medo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28