conda

Galician

Etymology

From Latin computa. Doublet of conta and cómputo. Cognate with Spanish cuenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔnda/ [ˈkɔn̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔnda
• Hyphenation: con‧da

Noun

conda m (plural condas)

1. cord used to tie a skein, or either extreme of the thread

   Synonyms: abarasa, costal

   • 1853, J. M. Pintos, A Gaiga Gallega:

     Si quixeras ben podías darme a conda con segredo da madeixa enmarañada que tén deste mundo os feitos e polo fío tirando pouquiño a pouco direito, irían vindo cal peixes que recolle o mariñeiro.

     If you would, you could well give me secretly the extreme of the thread of the entangled skein which holds the facts of this world and, pulling the thread little by little, right away these would come, as the fish that the mariner picks

   • 1984, Ramón Villares, A Historia, Vigo: Galaxia, page 214:

     Deica fins de 1931, en que se funda o Partido Galeguista, o nacionalismo galego era, non obstante, unha mea sen conda, tributo do fracaso na unificación do movemento

     Till the end of 1931, when the Galicianist Party is founded, the Galician nationalism was, notwithstanding, a skein without a bind, a tax due to the failure of the unification of the movement

Related terms

• conta

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conda”, 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), “conda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Verb

conda

1. inflection of condir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

conda

1. inflection of condir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative