esquerda

Catalan

Noun

esquerda f (plural esquerdes)

  1. crack (thin jagged space in a solid object)

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Galician

Adjective

esquerda f sg

  1. feminine singular of esquerdo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque ezkerra, compare ezker (left). Displaced native sestra, from Latin sinistra.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʃ.ˈkeɾ.ðɐ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧quer‧da

Adjective

esquerda

  1. Feminine singular of adjective esquerdo.
  2. (Brazil, informal) leftist (who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left)

Noun

esquerda f (plural esquerdas)

  1. left (side)
  2. left (politics)
  3. (Brazil) the Brazilian political left; a general term for parties associated with left-wing ideologies

Noun

esquerda m, f (plural esquerdas)

  1. (Brazil, informal) leftist (a person who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left)
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