margarida

See also: Margarida

Catalan

Alternative forms

• margalida

Etymology

Inherited from Latin margarīta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mər.ɡəˈɾi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾ.ɣaˈɾi.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

margarida f (plural margarides)

1. a daisy, especially a marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens)
2. Cytinus hypocistis

   Synonym: frare d'estepa

3. (nautical) sheepshank
4. daisywheel

Derived terms

• impressora de margarida
• margarideta
• margaridoia
• margaridot

Further reading

• “margarida”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “margarida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “margarida” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “margarida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾɡaˈɾida/ [maɾ.ɣ̞ɑˈɾi.ð̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /maɾɡaˈɾida/ [maɾ.ɣ̞ɑˈɾi.ð̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /maɾħaˈɾida/ [maɾ.ħɑˈɾi.ð̞ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧ri‧da

Noun

margarida f (plural margaridas)

1. daisy (Bellis perennis, a wild flower with a yellow head and white petals)

Derived terms

• margaridiña

Further reading

• “margarida”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “margarida”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin margarīta (“pearl”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs). Doublet of margarita, marguerita, and Margarete.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾi.dɐ/ [maɦ.ɡaˈɾi.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾi.dɐ/ [maɦ.ɡaˈɾi.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾ.ɡaˈɾi.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻ.ɡaˈɾi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾi.dɐ/ [mɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾi.ðɐ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [mah.ɡa.ˈɾi.dɐ]
• Homophone: Margarida
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧ri‧da

Noun

margarida f (plural margaridas)

1. daisy (Bellis perennis, a wild flower with a yellow head and white petals)

Further reading

• “margarida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “margarida” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “margarida”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “margarida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025