pardal

See also: pardál and Pardal

English

Alternative forms

• pardale [16th c.]

Etymology

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ (palang), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng).

Noun

pardal (plural pardals)

1. (obsolete) A pard; a panther or leopard.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Wyld beasts in yron yokes he would compell; / The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, / The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell […]

Asturian

Etymology

From pardu (“brown”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdal/ [paɾˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: par‧dal

Noun

pardal m (plural pardales)

1. sparrow

   Synonym: gurrión

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “pardal”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “pardal”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pardalis, itself from pardus (“mottled”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pərˈdal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾˈðal]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [parˈdal]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

pardal m (plural pardals)

1. sparrow

   Synonyms: teuladí, teulader, torredà

2. (Valencia) bird

   Synonym: ocell

Derived terms

• matar dos pardals d'un tret
• pardal d'ala blanca
• pardal guineuer
• pardal xarrec

Related terms

• pardalot

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pardal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “pardal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pardal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician pardo

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālem

Old Galician-Portuguese -al

Galician -al

Galician pardal

From pardo (“brown”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdal/ [paɾˈð̞ɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: par‧dal

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais)

1. house sparrow

   Synonym: gorrión

Derived terms

• Pardal

Further reading

• “pardal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pardal”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pardal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “pardal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pardal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pardal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pardal (Passer domesticus)

Etymology

From pardo (“mottled”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈdaw/ [paɾˈdaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paʁˈdaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻˈdaw/ [paɻˈdaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈdal/ [pɐɾˈðaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈdal/ [pɐɾˈðaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈda.li/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Homophone: (Brazil) pardau
• Hyphenation: par‧dal

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais, feminine pardoca or pardaloca, feminine plural pardocas or pardalocas)

1. sparrow
2. (Southeast Brazil, colloquial, law enforcement) speed camera

   Synonym: radar de velocidade

Derived terms

• o primeiro milho é para os pardais

Further reading

• “pardal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis).

Noun

pardal m (plural pardali)

1. (obsolete) panther

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pardal	pardalul	pardali	pardalii
genitive-dative	pardal	pardalului	pardali	pardalilor
vocative	pardalule		pardalilor

References

• pardal in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN