covardía

• cobardía (obsolete spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese covardia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from covarda, from Old French coart, cuard, from coe (“tail”) + -ard (“pejorative agent noun”); coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.

• IPA^(key): [koβaɾˈðiɐ]

covardía f (plural covardías)

1. cowardice (the lack of courage)

   Synonym: pusilanimidade

   Antonyms: coraxe, valentía

• covarde

• “covardia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “co.ardia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “covardía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “covardía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “covardía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.