esquerda

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *skarda (“notch, nick”). Cognate with English shard, French écharde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əsˈkɛr.də] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əsˈkər.də] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈkɛɾ.ða] === Noun === esquerda f (plural esquerdes) crack (thin jagged space in a solid object) shard, fragment Synonym: esquerdill ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “esquerda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Adjective === esquerda f sg feminine singular of esquerdo == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Basque ezkerra, absolutive singular form of ezker (“left”). Cognate with Catalan esquerra and Spanish izquierda. Displaced sestra. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: es‧quer‧da ==== Noun ==== esquerda f (plural esquerdas) the left side, part, half or direction Antonym: direita the left hand or leg Synonyms: canhota, sestra Antonym: direita (martial arts, by extension) left (punch with the left fist) (theater) the left side of the stage from the audience’s perspective (politics) the left; the left wing Coordinate terms: direita, centro ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Guinea-Bissau Creole: skerda Kabuverdianu: skérda ==== Noun ==== esquerda m or f by sense (plural esquerdas) (Brazil, informal) leftist (a person who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left) ==== Adjective ==== esquerda feminine singular of esquerdo (Brazil, informal) leftist (who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left) ==== See also ==== canhoto canhoteiro === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== esquerda inflection of esquerdar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “esquerda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esquerda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026