adrede

See also: adrêde

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century; probably from Old Spanish adrede; compare Spanish adrede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈðɾeðe̝/

Adverb

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: á mantenta, a propósito

   Antonym: sen querer

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “adrede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “adrede”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adrede”, 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), “adrede”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adrede”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Verb

adrede

1. alternative form of adreden

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• adrêde (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Vandalic *at (“at”) + *rith (“advice”);
• Latin dīrectus (“direct; straight”);
• Latin ad (“to”) rēctē (“rightly; correctly”);
• Old Occitan adreit.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɾe.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɾe.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɾe.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdɾe.dɨ/ [ɐˈðɾe.ðɨ]

Adverb

adrede

1. (archaic, dialectal) on purpose

   Synonyms: intencionalmente, de propósito, propositadamente, propositalmente

   Antonyms: acidentalmente, sem querer

Further reading

• “adrede”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “adrede”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Old Catalan adret (Old Occitan adreit);
• Vandalic *at (“at”) + *rith (“advice”);
• Latin dīrectus (“direct; straight”);
• Latin ad (“to”) rēctē (“rightly; correctly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɾede/ [aˈð̞ɾe.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧de

Adverb

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: deliberadamente, intencionadamente, intencionalmente, a propósito, de propósito, a posta, queriendo

Further reading

• “adrede”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025