adrede

See also: adrêde

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century; probably from Old Spanish adrede; compare Spanish adrede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈðɾeðe̝/

Adverb

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: á mantenta, a propósito

   Antonym: sen querer

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “adrede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “adrede”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adrede”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adrede”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adrede”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Verb

adrede

1. alternative form of adreden

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• adrêde (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain. Older attempts try to connect it to Latin dīrēctus (“direct; straight”), via borrowing from Catalan adret, a dretes or Old Occitan adreit, but phonological problems and in the case of Catalan, the word not being poorly attested, disprove this hypothesis. More likely, it is from Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”) + *𐍂𐌴𐌳 (*rēd, “advice”), from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz, latinized as Vulgar Latin *atrēde. Cognate with Spanish adrede, Galician adrede and Asturian arrede.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɾe.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdɾe.dɨ/ [ɐˈðɾe.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdɾe.dɨ/ [ɐˈðɾe.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdɾe.dɨ/

Adverb

adrede

1. (archaic, dialectal) on purpose

   Synonyms: intencionalmente, de propósito, propositadamente, propositalmente

   Antonyms: acidentalmente, sem querer

Further reading

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “adrede”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
• “adrede”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adrede”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Older attempts try to connect it to Latin dīrēctus (“direct; straight”), via borrowing from Catalan adret, a dretes or Old Occitan adreit, but phonological problems and in the case of Catalan, the word not being poorly attested, disprove this hypothesis. More likely, it is from Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”) + *𐍂𐌴𐌳 (*rēd, “advice”), from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz, latinized as Vulgar Latin *atrēde, with possible influence from adedre. Cognate with Portuguese adrede, Galician adrede and Asturian arrede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɾede/ [aˈð̞ɾe.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧de

Adverb

adrede

1. on purpose

   Synonyms: deliberadamente, intencionadamente, intencionalmente, a propósito, de propósito, aposta, queriendo, adredemente (uncommon), exprofeso

Further reading

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “adrede”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
• “adrede”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025