# almofada
## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِخَدَّة (miḵadda), via Andalusian Arabic. First attested in the 15th century.
Cognate with Portuguese almofada and Spanish almohada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /almoˈfada/ [ɑl.moˈfa.ð̞ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Hyphenation: al‧mo‧fa‧da

### Noun

almofada f (plural almofadas)
* pillow
    Synonyms: cabezal, traveseiro
* (dated) cushion
** 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:
    Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar, e mays lle mando una cama de roupa con quatro cabeçaás e un colchón e un almadraque e con suas sabaas e media duzia d'almofadas e con hua manta de picote, e se ouver em casa un par de colchas, que aja ela una delas.Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both bought a half of it from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii; and also bequeath to her a clothed bed with four pillows and a mattress and a mat, and with its sheets and half a dozen cushions and a wool blanket, and if there are in house a pair of quilts, she should have one
    Synonym: coxín

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almofada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “almofada”, 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), “almofada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “almofada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic المِخَدَّة (al-miḵadda, “the pillow/cushion”), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Spanish almohada.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.moˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.moˈfa.dɐ], /aw.muˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.muˈfa.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.moˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.moˈfa.dɐ], /aw.muˈfa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯.muˈfa.dɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aw.moˈfa.da/ [aʊ̯.moˈfa.da]
* (Portugal) IPA: /al.muˈfa.dɐ/ [aɫ.muˈfa.ðɐ]
* (Caipira) IPA: /ˌaɻ.mo.ˈfa.da/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: al‧mo‧fa‧da

### Noun

almofada f (plural almofadas)
* cushion (soft material in cloth bag)
* (chiefly Portugal) pillow
    Synonym: travesseiro
    Ela pôs o seu dente debaixo da almofada.She put her tooth under the pillow.

#### Related terms

* almofadar
* almofadado
* almofadinha (diminutive)

### Further reading

* almofada on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$