gabanza

Galician

Alternative forms

• gabança (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gabança (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from gabar (“to praise”) +‎ anza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbanθa/ [ɡɑˈβ̞an̪.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaˈbanθa/ [ɡɑˈβ̞an̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaˈbanθa/ [ħɑˈβ̞an̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /ħaˈbansa/ [ħɑˈβ̞an.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -anθa

• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa

• Hyphenation: ga‧ban‧za

Noun

gabanza f (plural gabanzas)

1. (literary) praise; flattery
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 363:

     Et nõ estaua alý estonçe quen rrijsse, nẽ quen falasse en alegría nẽ en gabãça, mays ante estauã todos moy tristes et fazíã grã doo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (literary) accolade

Related terms

• gabar

References

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