# igual
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin aequālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈɡwal/
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: i‧gual

### Adjective

igual (plural iguals)
* equal

### References

* “igual”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin aequālis.

### Adjective

igual (epicene, plural iguales)
* equal

#### Antonyms

* desigual

### Noun

igual m (plural iguales)
* equals sign

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin aequālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [iˈɣwal]

### Adjective

igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguals)
* equal, the same
* alike, similar
* indifferent

#### Derived terms

* desigual
* igualar
* igualment
* igualtat

### Noun

igual m or f by sense (plural iguals)
* equal

### Noun

igual m (plural iguals)
* equals sign (=)

### Further reading

* “igual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* igoal, ingual

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wɑɫ]
* IPA: (standard) /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wɑɫ]
* IPA: (gheada) /iˈħwal/ [iˈħwɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: i‧gual

### Adjective

igual m or f (plural iguais)
* equal
    Antonym: desigual

#### Derived terms

* igualmente

### Noun

igual m or f by sense (plural iguais)
* equal

### Noun

igual m (plural iguais)
* equals sign

### Adverb

igual
* in the same way; just like
* maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: quizais, se cadra

### References

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

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese igual.

### Adjective

igual
* equal
* same

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* egual (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /iˈɡwaw/ [iˈɡwaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣwaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣwaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡwa.li/ [iˈɣwa.li]
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: i‧gual

### Adjective

igual m or f (plural iguais, comparable)
* equal
    Antonyms: desigual, diferente

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

#### Derived terms

* igualíssimo (superlative)
* igualmente
* igualzão (augmentative)
* igualzinho, igualinho (diminutive)

### Adverb

igual (not comparable)
* (Brazil, idiomatic) like; just alike; similarly to
    Synonyms: feito, como
    Ele entrou no local furtivamente, igual a uma raposa. ― He entered the place furtively, just like a fox.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

### Noun

igual m (plural iguais)
* equals sign

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:igual.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish igual~egual (both common in the 13th century), from Latin aequālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈɡwal/ [iˈɣ̞wal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: i‧gual

### Adjective

igual m or f (masculine and feminine plural iguales)
* equal, same
    Antonym: desigual
    Isidora es igual de alta que yo.Isidora is as tall as me.
    Me da igual si vienes o no vienes.It's the same to me whether you come by or don't.
* identical, sharing the same characteristics
    Tu copia de la pintura te quedó igual.Your copy of the painting turned out the same.
* level (surface)
    Han dejado el terreno de abajo igual para poder construir encima.They have levelled the terrain down there to build something on it.
* maybe, perhaps (Idiomatic, Spain)
    Igual lo hago esta tarde.Maybe I do it this afternoon.

#### Derived terms

* a partes iguales
* al igual
* al igual que
* dar igual
* de igual a igual
* de igual modo
* igualado
* igualar
* igualito
* igualmente
* por igual
* por un igual
* ser igual
* signo igual

#### Related terms

* ecuador
* equi-
* equilibrio
* equivalente
* igualar
* igualdad

### Noun

igual m or f by sense (plural iguales)
* equal (a person or thing of equal status)
    No le hables así, como si fuera tu igual.Don't talk to her/him like that, as if s/he was your equal.

### Noun

igual m (plural iguales)
* equals sign
    Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea.You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line.

### Adverb

igual
* in the same way; just like
    La vio una vez, y ahora cocina la pasta igual.He saw her just once, and now he cooks pasta the same way.
** 1974, Jeanette (lyrics and music), “Porque te vas”:Junto a la estación hoy lloraré igual que un niño. Porque te vasToday, besides the station, I'm going to cry, just like a child. Because you're leaving.
* regardless, anyway
    Le pedí y pedí el favor. Igual no quiso ayudarme.I asked him again and again for the favour. He didn't help us anyway.
* (colloquial, Spain) maybe
    Synonym: quizá
    Esta noche igual van al teatro.Tonight maybe they’ll go to the cinema.

#### Derived terms

* grandes mentes piensan igual

### Further reading

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “igual”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 438
* “igual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10