vontade

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Portuguese vontade and Spanish voluntad.

• IPA^(key): [bon.ˈta.ðɪ]

vontade f (plural vontades)

1. will; volition

   Synonyms: albedrío, arbitrio, gana

2. desire, wish

   Synonym: desexo

3. intention; purpose

   Synonym: intención

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

• võtade (obsolete, abbreviation)
• vomtade (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade, from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Galician vontade and Spanish voluntad.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: von‧ta‧de

vontade f (plural vontades)

1. will; the condition of feeling like or wanting something

   Casei-me com ele contra a minha vontade.

   I married him against my will.

   Estou com vontade de chorar.

   I feel like crying.

2. desire, wish

   Synonym: desejo

3. intention; purpose

   Synonym: intenção

• à vontade
• ter vontade de