# palavra
## Galician
### Noun

palavra f (plural palavras, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of palabra

### References

* “palavra” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladino
### Etymology

From hyperthesis of Old Spanish parabla, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈlavɾa/

### Noun

palavra f (Hebrew spelling פאלאברה, plural palavras)
* word
** 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎, archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.

#### Synonyms

* byervo

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* paravla, paravoa, paravra

### Etymology

With hyperthesis from earlier paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ˈla.βɾa/

### Noun

palavra f (plural palavras)
* word
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 202 (facsimile):
    […] ⁊ non auia palaura que y fezeſſe mellor.
       […] and there was no (other) word which would fit better.

#### Descendants

* Fala: palabra
* Galician: palabra, palavra
* Portuguese: palavra (see there for further descendants)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈla.vɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈla.vɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈla.vɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈla.vɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈla.vɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈla.bɾɐ/ [pɐˈla.βɾɐ]
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /paˈla.vɾa/
* Rhymes: -avɾɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɾɐ
* Hyphenation: pa‧la‧vra

### Noun

palavra f (plural palavras)
* word
** unit of language
    Abri o dicionário e li a definição de uma palavra qualquer.I opened the dictionary and read the definition of a random word.
    Synonym: vocábulo
*** 1999, Os pecados da língua: pequeno repertório de grandes erros de linguagem, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 114:O erro estava na receita, pois l é símbolo de litro e não abreviatura de lata, palavra que não pode ser abreviada, por questões de clareza.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** oath; guarantee
    Você tem a minha palavra.You have my word.
    Synonyms: palavra de honra, palavra de rei, promessa, garantia
** brief conversation
    Preciso ter uma palavra com meus filhos.I must have a word with my children.
** (computing) unit of data
    Esse processador aceita palavras de 32 bits.This processor handles 32-bit words.
* the ability or permission to talk
    No meio da conferência, me passaram a palavra.I was given the permission to speak in the middle of the conference.
* religious teachings
    Cristãos seguem a palavra de Jesus.Christians follow the word of Jesus.

#### Derived terms

* em duas palavras
* em uma palavra
* medir as palavras
* palavra de honra
* palavra mágica
* palavra por palavra
* palavra-chave
* palavra-passe
* palavra-valise
* palavrão
* palavras cruzadas
* palavreado
* palavrear
* palavrinha (diminutive)
* palavrona (augmentative)
* para bom entendedor, meia palavra basta
* passa-palavra
* pesar as palavras
* pôr palavras na boca de
* sem palavra
* tirar a palavra da boca de, tirar as palavras da boca de
* última palavra

#### Related terms

* palavrão
* parábola
* parola

#### Descendants

* → Angolar: palava
* → Dutch: palaver
* → English: palaver
** → Danish: palaver
** → Finnish: palaveri
** → German: Palaver
** → Hungarian: paláver
** → Swedish: palaver
* → Guinea-Bissau Creole: palabra, palavra
* → Indo-Portuguese: palau, palav, paláver, pálver, pálvra
* → Kabuverdianu: palábra, palávra
* → Korlai Creole Portuguese: palab
* → Principense: palava

### Interjection

palavra!
* word (used to assert that something is true)

### Further reading

* “palavra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Turkish
### Etymology

Descended from Ottoman Turkish پالاوره (palavra), from either Greek παλάβρα (palávra) or Ladino palavra, ultimately from Old Spanish palabra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑˈɫɑvɾɑ/

### Noun

palavra (definite accusative palavrayı, plural palavralar)
* (colloquial, derogatory) nonsense, bullshit, bollocks
* (colloquial, derogatory) lie

#### Alternative forms

* palavara, patavra, partal (dialectal)

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: palavră