# 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)
* (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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾˈdal/ [paɾˈð̞al]

### Noun

pardal m (plural pardales)
* sparrow
    Synonym: gurrión

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pardalus, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλος (párdalos), from πάρδαλις (párdalis, “panther”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pərˈdal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paɾˈðal]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

pardal m (plural pardals)
* sparrow
    Synonyms: teuladí, teulader, torredà
* (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

* “pardal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “pardal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pardal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From pardo (“brown”) +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾˈðal/

### Noun

pardal m (plural pardais)
* house sparrow
    Synonym: gorrión

#### Derived terms

* Pardal

#### Further reading

* “pardal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pardal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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
### Etymology

From pardo (“mottled”) +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paɾˈdaw/ [paɾˈdaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paʁˈdaw/ [paʁˈdaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paɻˈdaw/ [paɻˈdaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐɾˈdal/ [pɐɾˈðaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐɾˈdal/ [pɐɾˈðaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐɾˈda.li/ [pɐɾˈða.li]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Homophone: pardau (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: par‧dal

### Noun

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

### References

* ↑ “pardal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “pardal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025