esquerdo

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (comparable) left; left-hand; on or towards the left side
2. (comparable, rare) synonym of esquerdista

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of esquerdar

esquerdar

to support leftist political views or ideas

Lees meer

Teenoorgestelde van

direito

Sinonieme

canhoto

sestro

esquerda

sinistro

Vertalings

izquierdo

left

sinistro

gauche

links

esquerre

link

sol

links

esquèr

senèstre

izquierda

⬅️

sinister

sinistra

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/isˈkeʁ.du/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Spaans: izquierdo

Verwante met Katalaans: esquerra

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esquerdo, from Old Spanish exquerdo, from Basque ezkerra, absolutive of ezker (“left hand; left side”), from Proto-Basque *ezkeR (“left hand”). Cognate with Asturian izquierdu, Catalan esquerre, Galician esquerdo, xiquerdo, Ladino izkierdo, Leonese esquierdu, Spanish izquierdo.